[xubuntu-users] Changing xubuntu to 64 bit from 32 bit.

[PGillespie]

Keeping one's /home directory in a separate partition isn't quite the 
miracle cure it's made out to be. If you ever decide to distro-hop, you 
will probably have re-install your home directory or the new distro will 
misbehave. Having a separate home directory can retain preferences you 
might not want with a fresh install and though they're retained, you 
will still have to re-install all/most of the software associated with 
those preferences (unless they come with the distro). I think the most 
effective method is to create a script that will back-up everything 
that's particular to your own preferences. I haven't actually done this. 
I usually selectively copy my home folder to a flash drive, then copy 
everything back after the fresh install.

In my own case:

~/.fonts
~/.config/tomboy
~/.local/share/tomboy
~/.local/share/radiotray
~./Dropbox
~./.xbindkeys

And then all my regular visible Home Folders... etc...

If anyone has created a script they can share, I would actually 
appreciate it.

On 11/18/2013 02:20 AM, Cody Smith wrote:
>
> To switch from one architecture to another, a fresh install is really 
> the only viable way to do this, i.e. download an iso, write it do a 
> disk such as a flash drive or CD, boot into said disk, then install. A 
> way to make future installs easier is to set /home to a separate 
> partition, the Xubuntu installer supports that, but you'd have to do 
> the partitions manually.
>
> --c_smith
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