Yes, there is a way of restoring your packages. Arch has some decent wiki entries for this: - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/migrate_installation_to_new_har

Yes, there is a way of restoring your packages. Arch has some decent wiki entries for this: - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/migrate_installation_to_new_hardware https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/migrate_installation_to_new... - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_from_existing_Linux https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Install_Arch_Linux_from_exi... Although, my way of work is quite different. I do keep a lot of notes about what I do. And when I need to reinstall my system (e.g. to a new laptop), I reconsider what I need. My Arch Desktop systems are very minimalistic. I use Arch on my laptops and servers. I use Fedora on my desktops, so it’s different from Arch. Usually, I don’t mess with Fedora, and treat it as I treat macOS. My way of working with Fedora or macOS is just to note what I need to change, in plain text with screenshots (when needed). As most of the changes are either in Settings app or just a couple of terminal strings. Also, I keep all my custom configs in a git repository. Usually, that system is called dotfiles.