how do you keep your lutris settings, games and save files when you distro hop? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by blakeus12@hexbear.net to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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going from linux mint to fedora because i really miss gnome, and i would like to keep my data and games from lutris. 99% of my games are just gog installers running from wine and preinstalled steamunlocked games, so i doubt it'd be too hard to get it all back but to save some time i'd really rather do this. i can't find shit on google or youtube since SEO and Ai garbage has just flooded everything, and looking for anything via youtube search is just a futile mission. does anyone know how to do this process? thanks in advance, everyone have a great day!

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[-] Awe@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

While I don't know about lutris specifically, usually the easier strategy is to have your home folder as its own partition and map the new install into your old home folder. Then, once you install your programs again (lutris), it all just maps up properly like you never changed os'.

If you wanted a smaller version of that, backup your lutris configuration and install directories and restore them (in the exact same place) on the new install.

[-] blakeus12@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

ah, gotcha. thank you!

[-] Awe@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

No problem. Don't forget to try and do a test before nuking the original data, especially if you can't find a guide online!

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