[xubuntu-users] Moving home

[Joshua O'Leary]

utec is right, 64 and 32 bit has nothing to do with the way files in /home are stored, just the way programs are executed. The only issue may be programs you have downloaded / compiled within your home folder - these may well continue to work but you won't take full advantage of 64 bit unless you recompile them. Be sure to back up first, even if you do a direct copy of /home from the hard drive.

Joshua

uteck <theuteck at gmail.com> wrote:

>Copying your home folder should work fine.  If /home is on another
>partition you can just mount it with the 64 bit install.  You probably
>don't have 32 bit programs installed in your home, so that is not an
>issue
>you need to worry about.
>On Dec 23, 2012 9:06 AM, "Tim" <tim at xendistar.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I have a 64bit PC which is currently running Xubuntu 12:10 32bit. As
>I
>> have the space I am going to install the 64bit version of xubuntu,
>assuming
>> I install all the same programs, can I just copy my home folder from
>the
>> 32bit install to the 64bit or is their a good chance of corruption 
>due to
>> the difference between 32bit and 64bit??
>>
>> Tim
>>
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