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  • In short, you can just copy your whole system, you can use rsync, cp or dd. Two things need to be taken care of:

    • uefi boot needs to be working (copy uefi partition from old drive or reinstall with grub from live iso)

    • partitions in /etc/fstab need to be configured correctly

    Everything else ist just the files and configs. Prefer using rsync -A over cp. In Linux everything is a file, except /dev and /procfs

    Don’t forget to fix hostname and network config if not using network manager.

    Your idea should work no problem btw. though, since uefi and fstab is taken care of by the previous clean install. You should probably not overwrite fstab in that case IMHO.


  • These are valid concerns, I still value my privacy way more then 4k resolution in some shows and not being able to use unsecure wifi.

    My TV isn’t connected to the Internet for the past 4 years no problems here and you can easily set a password on your hotspot if you need one.

    Well, I see your pain, but this being the reason to give in is stupid in my opinion. Privacy is worth fighting for but people will only start to realize that, when they don’t have any and it’s too late.