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Okay, does anyone here on Masto, the linux nerd capital of the net, have a guide for how to switch to Linux Mint or another distro without losing all my shit? Like, if I just put all my important art files and such on an external, will that external and those files work and operate like I expect them to if I go to open them on Mint? Obviously, some stuff might need to be converted, but I'd really love to get off Mr. Microsoft's Wild Ride. With my shit intact, if possible.

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Personally I just put all my important file on a thumbdrive before switching but I also mostly have image files that weren't THAT big (a gig or two worth of them) so I didn't run into a situation where I had so much I needed to transfer it wouldn't have fit in such a device.
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@.ex//weis Yep, that's the easiest solution, put your data on an external, and wipe and install on the main drive if you can live without Windows, otherwise you'll have to partition the drive, but that's automatic, you just choose install alongside in the installer, and it takes care of the rest. Mint also has a really good forum if'n you run into problems, and the Reddit group is also pretty good.
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basically copy the contents of /home to a drive and back again, and you're good. some settings do not transfer, like wifi configuration you've set up as "accessible to all users".

if someone can walk you through setting up /home on a second partition on the same disk, this is optimal. you can distro hop or reinstall and never have to worry too much about losing your files. just be careful of any install option that says "erase disk and install [distro]". and make sure when you're installing a new distro, you go looking for some option that says "use sda2 as /home" and that any option to format is unchecked.

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