Moving to Linux, what to expect

Hello!

A lot quicker than I would like to I have to move my system over to
Linux. While that was planned for sometime this year, a very shaky
motherboard makes it very urgent now. (And I hate not being able to
plan things peacefully.)

While I want to run my old W2K system in a virtual machine for now,
obviously, I want to move everything I can to Linux itself eventually.
And I might need to use Linux Opera to get help with setting
everything up; that will probably run a lot sooner than the virtual
machine.

So, what can I expect when I move, is there anything I should know in
advance? It will also be an update for Opera, 9.1x is my current,
while I will probably have the latest once I install Linux.

Can I just copy and import (or just copy) my old bookmark file? What
about the configuration files?

Thanks,
Alex

On Tue, 05 May 2009 10:15:30 +0200, Alex Regh <sregh.TakeThisOut@newsguy.com> wrote:

> A lot quicker than I would like to I have to move my system over to
> Linux. While that was planned for sometime this year, a very shaky
> motherboard makes it very urgent now. (And I hate not being able to
> plan things peacefully.)
>
> While I want to run my old W2K system in a virtual machine for now,
> obviously, I want to move everything I can to Linux itself eventually.
> And I might need to use Linux Opera to get help with setting
> everything up; that will probably run a lot sooner than the virtual
> machine.
>
> So, what can I expect when I move, is there anything I should know in
> advance? It will also be an update for Opera, 9.1x is my current,
> while I will probably have the latest once I install Linux.
>
> Can I just copy and import (or just copy) my old bookmark file? What
> about the configuration files?

I suggest using http://www.pallax.com/~discostu/opera/osie/

Besides that utility, you can use http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/313/ as a guide for which files to copy over. The only thing that is not the same between operating systems is the paths, so it's quite safe to just copy them. Copying over opera6.ini will not work because of that, but you can copy sections of that file to the new one. Just leave the paths alone

Something you do have to keep in mind is that wand and mail formats have been changed since 9.1x. If you copy it over the new version will automatically update the file(s). After that it's not possible to use those files in the previous version anymore.

Good luck

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