When you do a clean install of OS just before you start the installation you can save the configuration to an XML file. I assume that’s so you can use that configuration elsewhere or at the very least on the same machine so in case your install process fails you can just pull the saved config. instead of manually doing it all over again.
I was wondering if it’s possible to similarly save the configuration on a system that’s been used for a while as well and then take that configuration and use it on a new install. Obviously it won’t be able to pick up things custom configuration in Apache etc. but even if it would pick up all the repos added over time that would be really nice to just have on a brand new install.
Anyway, does anyone know what’s possible down these lines? …essentially getting as much of your configuration onto a new machine as automatically as possible. However, I can’t go as far as cloning as one machine is a desktop and the other a laptop so they are wildly different in hardware but as much as possible to port automatically would be nice to be able to do.