Nicolas Kovacs
2017-Oct-26 16:57 UTC
[CentOS] Transferring Thunderbird mail accounts: Windows vs. Linux
Hi, One of my clients brought me his PC with Windows 7, so I can migrate it to Linux, e. g. CentOS 7 + KDE. So far I made a backup of all the data, but I wonder how I can migrate the existing Thunderbird account. An operation I perform quite regularly is replace an existing Linux system (Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, whatever) by CentOS. When Thunderbird is configured, I just backup the whole ~/.thunderbird directory and then restore it on the new installation, which usually works perfectly. Any idea if I do this when moving a desktop installation from Windows 7 to CentOS? Cheers, Niki -- Microlinux - Solutions informatiques durables 7, place de l'?glise - 30730 Montpezat Web : http://www.microlinux.fr Mail : info at microlinux.fr T?l. : 04 66 63 10 32
Bowie Bailey
2017-Oct-26 18:52 UTC
[CentOS] Transferring Thunderbird mail accounts: Windows vs. Linux
On 10/26/2017 12:57 PM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:> Hi, > > One of my clients brought me his PC with Windows 7, so I can migrate it > to Linux, e. g. CentOS 7 + KDE. So far I made a backup of all the data, > but I wonder how I can migrate the existing Thunderbird account. > > An operation I perform quite regularly is replace an existing Linux > system (Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, whatever) by CentOS. When Thunderbird > is configured, I just backup the whole ~/.thunderbird directory and then > restore it on the new installation, which usually works perfectly. Any > idea if I do this when moving a desktop installation from Windows 7 to > CentOS? > > Cheers, > > NikiShould work just fine.? I was running my computer as a dual-boot with Windows 7 and Linux Mint for a while.? I shared the whole Thunderbird profile directory with both OS's.? As I recall, the only issue was that the Lightning calendar add-on was OS-specific and would only work on one of the two unless I re-installed it for whichever OS I was on at the time. Give it a shot.? Most likely, you'll only have to re-install an add-on or two for the new OS. -- Bowie
fred roller
2017-Oct-27 03:38 UTC
[CentOS] Transferring Thunderbird mail accounts: Windows vs. Linux
dito, I usually just grabbed the ./thunderbird directory and moved it about regularly. ofc, b/u before movement. On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey at buc.com> wrote:> On 10/26/2017 12:57 PM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> One of my clients brought me his PC with Windows 7, so I can migrate it >> to Linux, e. g. CentOS 7 + KDE. So far I made a backup of all the data, >> but I wonder how I can migrate the existing Thunderbird account. >> >> An operation I perform quite regularly is replace an existing Linux >> system (Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, whatever) by CentOS. When Thunderbird >> is configured, I just backup the whole ~/.thunderbird directory and then >> restore it on the new installation, which usually works perfectly. Any >> idea if I do this when moving a desktop installation from Windows 7 to >> CentOS? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Niki >> > > Should work just fine. I was running my computer as a dual-boot with > Windows 7 and Linux Mint for a while. I shared the whole Thunderbird > profile directory with both OS's. As I recall, the only issue was that the > Lightning calendar add-on was OS-specific and would only work on one of the > two unless I re-installed it for whichever OS I was on at the time. > > Give it a shot. Most likely, you'll only have to re-install an add-on or > two for the new OS. > > -- > Bowie > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >