[16:25] <skyemoor[m]> Is the procedure I noted above the safest one for upgrading from 20.04 to 22.04?
[16:27] <arraybolt3[m]> Looking...
[16:27] <skyemoor[m]>  * gordonjcp:  A neighbor suggested the name for our farm years ago (in the US), and we latched onto it. Did visit Skye in Sept 3 years ago before COVID, focused on Old Man of Stor, Brother's Point (and stopping at various spots on that coast), the crofter's museum, Duntulm, Fairy Glen (at dawn and dusk to beat the crowds), hiked the Quirang trail, views of the Cuillins from the Sligachan Old Bridge, stayed just north of Lincro,
[16:27] <skyemoor[m]> meals variously at Portree, Uig, and various other points of interest, etc. Saw _many_ other sites around Scotland, of course
[16:30] <arraybolt3[m]> I don't see anything particularly wrong with that setup, it should work. You might experience problems with some apps if you have configuration for an older app in your home folder that is no longer compatible with the newer version of the app, but that should be able to be rectified by making a new user account and moving your data.
[16:30] <arraybolt3[m]> One thing in particular to note, not all programs will save your data in the /home folder (for instance, virt-manager and possibly other libvirt-based virtualization software stores virtual machine images in an entirely different location by default), so it may be wise to include all of the partitions on your drive in the backup if you're using software like that. This, however, is very rare in my experience, and so likely won't
[16:30] <arraybolt3[m]> affect you.
[16:34] <skyemoor[m]> Great, thank you arraybolt3!
[16:36] <tomreyn> but then, as was previously explained, "there's no direct upgrade path from 20.04 to 22.04 (due to the change in desktop environment), so no, the best recommendation is to go to 22.04."
[16:37] <arraybolt3[m]> tomreyn: The suggested "upgrade" method is a clean install with a preserved /home partition, I'm pretty sure that's supposed to Just Work.
[16:38] <tomreyn> arraybolt3[m]: oh probably, i did not follow the recent chat, just noted that skyemoor[m] was looking for a 20.04 to 22.04 'upgrade'
[16:38] <tomreyn> (which a new install effectively is not)
[16:39] <arraybolt3[m]> Really I'm not sure if it's even a preserved /home partition, it looks like a total clean install with a separate /home partition for *future* "upgrades" now that I look at it more closely, and then restoring data from a backup.
[16:39] <skyemoor[m]> I will make a full backup regardless
[16:39] <arraybolt3[m]> skyemoor: Oh, one more thing, when backing up your data from the /home partition, *please* make sure to preserve hidden files! There's lots of data in there.
[16:40] <arraybolt3[m]> (Generally restoring those hidden files wholesale is a bad idea, but if you go to use something and there's missing data, you'll be glad to have them to get that data back.
[16:40] <skyemoor[m]> Any recommendations on your preferred backup software?
[16:40] <arraybolt3[m]> * data back.)
[16:40] <arraybolt3[m]> *hidden files and folders
[16:40] <arraybolt3[m]> skyemoor: I usually just drag-n-drop with the file manager :P My "backup" solution is *very* rudimentary, but has worked well enough so far.
[16:42] <arraybolt3[m]> (I one time used mksquashfs and it was a horrible hassle and I never want to try it again unless I have no choice :D)
[16:52]  * skyemoor[m] uploaded an image: (68KiB) < https://libera.ems.host/_matrix/media/v3/download/matrix.org/shYxlBWwJpTzQjidvHAaxqjN/WillPartitions.png >
[16:52] <skyemoor[m]> Opening Gparted, I notice that I had already separated out a /home partition, no doubt 5 years ago. And since this is a dual boot, I'll need to revisit the special upgrade procedure for that as well.