#3770 Σ0ρλδ!!

So, finally after a long time, I've found an original solution to my set of problems stated below: To backup and restore repositories.  To install manually installed packages on a new system or another system remotely. Most of the times, I've found straightforward answers to my queries from techgurus at askubuntu.com or any other sites. But this time, I've to be a bit more jugaadu by applying combinatorics to various solutions that I found to create a single solution for my problem  .  While implementing the solution, the question that was on back of my mind is beautifully depicted in the following xkcd comic: Will it work? If it doesn't, there is a likely chance of my system breaking down and lose of valuable time in fixing it. But thankfully, it did work.  Now, I'll share the process that I followed in implementing this solution. First part of the problem was achieved using the Y PPA Manager that I've mentioned in my blog post Fix dup...

So, I kinda crashed my HDD last weekend. But thankfully, I have had made a backup of all important data. But sadly, I haven't yet find a way to make a backup copy of my customized Linux OS with all my favorite and necessary apps and settings. But I got a brief flashback of the horror that I used to go through earlier while installing Ubuntu as shown below: But thanks to Xubuntu, I don't have to face such horrors again. Even though, my habit of experimenting and to resurrect the buried ghost of Windows led me to this: Thankfully, my sanity returned and I decided to install only Xubuntu on my system. Also, I decided to follow the principle of automating and wrote a bash script to install my following favorite (and must have) apps on my newly installed system: vim - Text Editor for all my programming tasks and scripting gedit - Another Text Editor Docky - Dock Application vlc - Media Player smplayer - Another Media Player Deluge - BitTorrent Client Clem...