Larabel: Ubuntu's Migration Assistant [Review]

Mar 06, 2007, 22:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Michael Larabel)

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"One of the areas with Feisty Fawn that I haven't yet covered on Phoronix, my blog, or the forums, is the new Ubuntu migration-assistant. This migration-assistant will be found in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn and makes it easier to move your documents and settings over to Ubuntu from other operating systems. Switching Linux distributions can be a pain, but switching from Windows to Linux can be a disaster for most people. The Ubuntu migration-assistant hopes to lessen this impact by making the transfer of settings and files MUCH easier.

"Ubuntu's migration-assistant is designed to help the user transport all of their documents/media and settings all over to a new Ubuntu installation..."

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