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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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How do you keep track of all apps you install and their configurations? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Earlier this year, I built a new PC and it's running Ubuntu. I've been installing various apps and configuring them since then. Now, I realize I don't have any way of knowing what I would want to reinstall, if I (for instance) lost this drive somehow.

How do you keep track of what you've installed/ your favorite apps?

Separately, how can I backup the configurations I'm using right now.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just check my Nix.config, but most distros don't have that privilege.

Idk how it works for most other distros, but I know on Arch you can check all packages manually installed by pacman and your AUR helper.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Iirc pacman -Qe does something like this