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Things to keep in mind for keeping your home directory while changing Linux distribution

Let me describe the scenario I am going to use here. Replace one Linux with another from dual boot

Let me show you how to switch Linux distributions. You simply delete its partition and install the new distribution on the disk space vacated by the previous distribution.Īnother good news is that you may be able to keep your Home directory with all your documents and pictures while switching the Linux distributions. You don’t have to uninstall the existing Linux distribution. If you already have a Linux distribution installed in dual boot, you can easily replace it with another. You might think that you need to uninstall Ubuntu from dual boot first and then repeat the dual booting steps with Linux Mint. What would you do now? How would you remove Ubuntu and install Mint in dual boot? But after reading the Linux Mint versus Ubuntu discussion, you realized that Linux Mint is more suited for your needs. It should read FAT32.Suppose you managed to successfully dual boot Ubuntu and Windows. Under File System, it shows what the Formatting is. With the details below each column header. Partition File System Mount Point Size Used Unused Flags Select that and in the the Main Window, it will show the partition. If the USB stick is a 32gig total stick and the size listed is 28.88 gig, very different from your HDD or PC SSD, then you know that is the one. Your USB should show up there as something like /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc… You can easily recognize it by the Size listed next to that. Click that to show a drop down menu of the available disks. There is a Down Arrow or similar Icon on that button. Once open, at the Upper Right side of the Toolbar, you should see the disk identifier. It may install it- or it may say it is already the newest version.Įither way, once you have it or know you have it, in the app menu, type “gparted” and it should highlight to that app- double click to open. What we CAN do while you are on Zorin is check that the USB is formatted: You will not be able to format the USB stick from Zorin as it is ON the USB stick you wish to format. Ok, I got stuck on “I am currently running Zorin OS.”