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!

  • @[email protected]
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    131 year ago

    Install fresh copy of Linux OS on a new device. Install the apps I know I need like browser, code editor, etc.

    Use device.

    Realize “oh crap I forgot to install X!”

    Install X

    Repeat until all X have been installed.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Also works as a way to remove programs you are not really using anymore but had installed before. And although more annoying but I guess resetting configuration files to default settings every now and then is not too bad either.