Phil Schaffner wrote:
directories and selectively copy/link stuff as required from the backup. Keeping old GNOME/KDE configurations in place is guaranteed to cause problems.
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My current GNOME & KDE settings (on FC3 crossed with Nahant) are inherited from RHL 7.x via Debian Woody and Sarge.
I quite expected problems switching between RH and Debian, but the _only_ problem I have at present that logging out doesn't save my desktop for restoration when I login again.