5th May 2017, 16:54
Thanks guys. I really hesitated to reuse the /home folder. Because I too had issues doing that in the past. But after I saw that Maui put all .dot files (Or hidden files) into a 'dotfiles backup' folder, I figured I would be OK. So far everything seems to work great. As far as I can tell, all of the config files appear to be new files from the Maui install. Nothing appears to match the files in the 'dotfiles backup' folder.
I don't know if the 'dotfiles backup' folder is something new with the Calamares installer or something that Ubuntu has always done. I've never seen it before, but it looks like a fantastic way to upgrade. However, since I use this machine for business and I really can't afford to be chasing down odd bugs that are caused by leftover KDE4 packages I will reformat both /root and /home.
Thanks for the info guys. If you have never noticed the 'dotfiles backup' folder that I am talking about please do a maui install on top of something else and check it out. I'd really like more info on how this folder is created. Right now it looks like a perfect solution for updating a system. But I can't take that chance until I know more.
I don't know if the 'dotfiles backup' folder is something new with the Calamares installer or something that Ubuntu has always done. I've never seen it before, but it looks like a fantastic way to upgrade. However, since I use this machine for business and I really can't afford to be chasing down odd bugs that are caused by leftover KDE4 packages I will reformat both /root and /home.
Thanks for the info guys. If you have never noticed the 'dotfiles backup' folder that I am talking about please do a maui install on top of something else and check it out. I'd really like more info on how this folder is created. Right now it looks like a perfect solution for updating a system. But I can't take that chance until I know more.