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makem

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Registered: 2019-12-25

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Keep my existing /home and desktop when upgrading xubuntu

My existing dual boot xubuntu/windows has a separate /home partition, /swap and a /data partition, along with the partitions windows installs and uses xfce desktop.

The above is on one nvme ssd and a second nvme ssd has a /games folder.

If I take the live usb ubuntu option and install 23.04 will I be able to keep my /home partition and desktop?

BenyaminL

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Registered: 2019-10-11

Posts: 69

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Re: Keep my existing /home and desktop when upgrading xubuntu

I think better you move between upgrade with ubuntu upgrade path, and land to 23.04. I been doing this in the past, and it's better.

If you ask is it possible, yes but make sure that all other partition is... on different location, and rewrite the /etc/fstab before reboot after install, pointing /home to the old partition. If it's okay, you are good to go.

BUT MAKE SURE TO DO BACKUP... I REPEAT, DO BACKUP!

de facto need to read : https://access.redhat.com/documentation … 0directory.