switching distros

[Pastor JW]

Back abit someone mentioned they had installed Ubuntu and there was something 
to the effect of not seeing the users from a different (Mandriva I think) 
distro.  I can't find the message although I KNOW I saved it!  Evidently they 
had just formatted the system partition and installed Ubuntu and left the 
user partition alone.  Mention was made that the User ID number was different 
(500 instead of 1000 or something like that).  Can this be done and perhaps 
edit the User ID to fit the new system?  It would seem a much easier way to 
go when upgrading to Ubuntu than having to start all over and re-setup your 
environment from scratch!  I suppose it isn't possible since I'd actually 
like to do it and really have not the time in my day to re-setup my working 
environment!  One of my machines wouldn't upgrade to Mandriva 2008 so is 
still a 2007 machine.  I thought I ought to just take it to Ubuntu like my 
laptop is and maybe make it my office computer.

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