Migrating from Ubuntu 14.04

[Huxley]

Hi,
I’ve been using MATE 16.04 for a little over a week in VM and have decided to make it my main OS. If I format my existing / sda1 and install MATE /, can I leave my existing /home as is and just mount it?

[ouroumov]

Hello
If you have a separate /home partition then it should not pose any problem to reuse it for the new install.
Make sure:

• That you have a backup of your important files.
• The size of your previous root partition is at least the minimum disk space requirement.
• If you’re using the same user name and you have a hidden directory named “.config” in your home folder, there’s a chance that’ll screw up some things so you should rename it .config-backup prior to install.

[alpinejohn]

Hallo Huxley

You may find this helpful:

Install Ubuntu (Mate) using "Something else" method

Hi all, this guide can be used on any Ubuntu based system and is intended for people who have a basic working knowledge of an Ubuntu installation and wish to keep the contents of their home folder after doing a re-install. This guide is also intended for those that already have an existing swap, root and home partition setup!!. If you have not done/never done any pre-partitioning, please see this guide about using Gparted partition editor: See also: https://help.ubuntu.com/community…

Remember, think things through - then take action. Good luck.

[Huxley]

Thanks, I switched over today and everything is running smoothly

[Huxley]

Thanks, John. Usually I think things through just enough to decide to jump in head first w/o looking. This time I was more studious and achieved my goal in record time with minimum bad language