[ubuntu-uk] Replacing Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04

[George Tripp]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbplinux at gmail.com>
> To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> Sent: Monday, 2 July 2012, 21:48
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Replacing Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04
> 
> If I want to replace Linux Mint 13 with Ubuntu 12.04, will it just be a case of 
> installing over the top, and if so will that affect my Home directory at all?
> In other words if I do this will my Home directory stay intact or do I need to 
> back it up then restore after installation of Ubuntu?
> 
My advice would be to back up all "your" data (ie. not config files) and do a default install then put your data back. That way 12.04 will provide all the config files correct for the versions of software in the distro. 

I know it can take a bit of time setting stuff up how you want it but in my experience this is usually less time consuming that trouble shooting configurations which don't work correctly with the versions of programs in the new distro.

George

PS. For what it's worth I always keep all my data in a file structure imaginatively called "mystuff" in my home directory to make the above process simpler.