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On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:04:38 +0100 tom wrote: > I've been backing up /home and then manually reloading the packages > after re-installing the basic system. > I'm about to 'upgrade' a machine from ubu10.10 to 11.04 but I've a > few thousand unwanted packages that I dont particularly want to waste > time an bandwidth downloading . Is there a way of finding out whatâs > been used lately so I can just do a fresh install, load the these > packages and then restore the /home ? > Tom te tom te tom If you have Zeitgeist magic running behind the scenes, then probably. Other than that, I can't really think of anything that is part of the system that keeps track of what you've run and when. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq