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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi,<br>
      You are right, though some of those files are handy to keep
      around.  For example the .gimp(version#) folder stores extra
      brushes you add, same with some other art programs.<br>
      .filezilla stores your access passwords, etc..  .thunderbird
      stores your mail, and passwords<br>
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      and so on.  So knowing which ones to delete and which ones to save
      is better.... but yes, when in doubt delete all your config files
      if something is broken<br>
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      On 07/23/2014 07:12 PM, Andre Rodovalho wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">On the case of problems, or if you want to be sure
        you will never have problems with that, just delete all hidden
        files from <b>/home/USER</b> dir. I supose you do not store
        hidden (and personal) files (those begining with dot).<br>
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        You can do this before installation, using the very same live CD
        you are running (to install)...</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">2014-07-23 19:38 GMT-03:00 Israel <span
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              <div>Hi,<br>
                I agree with Aere, this is especially true if you use
                multiple DE.  I have not really had any problems using
                the same /home for Lubuntu installs, as nothing
                drastically changes in Lubuntu... though, the shift to
                LXQt may prove to negate this one day.  So, I think if
                you are using ONLY Lubuntu the upgrade should be just
                fine with /home on a separate partition.  I have never
                had any issues with it... but I have only used Lubuntu
                since around 11.04.  Previously I had only used Gnome,
                and XFCE.<br>
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                Gnome has had issues occasionally with this problem,
                though it could be that I do some intense things to my
                computers and sometimes hack around in things normal
                users do not need to ever.
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                    On 07/23/2014 04:25 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Nope, it is not.
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                      <div>keep your apps updated and my CentOS  system
                        is happy with my Lubuntu system. </div>
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                      <div>I do have them on seperate drives but use
                        rsync -aS to keep the backup on each.</div>
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                      <div>Regards,</div>
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                      <div>Phill.</div>
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                      <div class="gmail_quote">On 23 July 2014 18:43,
                        Aere Greenway <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                              <div>On 07/23/2014 07:51 AM, Andre
                                Rodovalho wrote:<br>
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                                <div dir="ltr">I always do as Nio said,
                                  a <b>/home</b> separated partition,
                                  then you can make as many
                                  installations you want on your <b>root</b>
                                  partition without loosing anything
                                  important. User configurations will be
                                  stored on <b>/home</b>.
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                                  <div>On this case (fresh install to<b>
                                      /</b>), you need to reinstall
                                    aditional software. But that is
                                    quite small compared to a full
                                    installation upgrade.</div>
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                                  <div>To separate <b>/home</b> from <b>/</b>
                                    on installation, you need to use the
                                    "manual option". I guess there is
                                    tons of tutorials about this on the
                                    net...</div>
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                            Beware in doing this, if you use the same
                            /home partition for different Ubuntu variant
                            system partitions.  The configuration for
                            one Ubuntu variant, may be very wrong for
                            another Ubuntu variant.  <br>
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