Fredrik

A way to distrohop could be a virtual machine. That way you aren’t “sacrificing” your current install.

If you choose to reinstall, try to document all the changes you are doing and why. See if you can automate the changes. That way you can always get back to a desired state with minimal input on your end.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9090817/copying-files-using-rsync-from-remote-server-to-local-machine

Here’s several ways to run rsync over SSH.