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Upgrade process for Ubuntu 32 bit to 64 bit

Asked by michaelcole

Hi, I have just upgraded my laptop memory to 4g and want to use all of it (only 3g in 32bit).

I've read that the only way to upgrade ubuntu from 32 to 64 is to do a new install.

What's the best way to do this. Here is what I've put together.

1) backup old /home
2) install new ubuntu
3) create same user
4) copy old home onto new home

Will this copy over all my compiz settings? (ok, lame. But seriously, it took forever to setup.)

What should I bring over from /etc?

Thanks,

Mike

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Yes as they are stored in ~/.config and ~/.compiz

You will also need to chown the data to the new user as the name is only a user friendly facade to ID numbers. This is simply a case of running:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /home/$USER

and the data will be your new user's

You should have a backup of your data and settings if they are important to you.

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