Restoring timeshift snapshot of older manjaro upon new manjaro

[Kobold]

@LilSaint

I know I am trying to use timeshift against its original intention by restoring the whole system including user data. I will change this

I use timeshift also this way… i personally think it makes total sense to use it this way, as long as you are aware that all user data will get overwritten… why not?

The keypoint is to have a fresh snapshot when restoring your system.

@LilSaint

Actually I just want to have the apps and the data. Would it be wiser to pull them manually from the snapshot instead of restoring the whole thing?

I think someone other asked pretty close the same stuff and i answered this quote below:

@Kobold

In the past i bought a Linux Laptop and i created a backup (from my PC) from the Home Partition. I installed Manjaro and installed also all Program’s and executed them all 1by1 (to create config files, because otherwise i was running into bugs)… I also created a Timeshift snapshot (if something goes wrong).

Then i switched to Life Environment (usb bootstick) and replaced my User Profile which had exactly the same nickname as the User Profile from my PC and overwrite everything.

Get sure the Userrights fits to your account, after that i could use my Linux Laptop with my duplicated User Account!