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What would I lose from my system if I do a clean reinstall of Ubuntu and restore my Home partition?

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 502 / 2 Years ago, sat, september 3, 2022, 5:29:15

Sorry if this question is too open-ended.

I would like to know what I would lose from my system if I decided to do a clean re-install of Ubuntu. I have a separate Home partition so after restoring that what we have been removed?

All applications I have installed?
Firefox add-ons?
I had to make a change to /etc/rc.local to fix Wifi, will that need doing again?

Thanks for any help, sorry if the answer is a massive list of potential things, I just don't know that's why I'm asking! Perhaps it would make more sense to ask, "What is saved in my home partition?"

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answered 2 Years ago zebrla · Accepted Answer

You will lose everything that was not on your home partition :-)

You already mentioned or need to think of:

changes to /etc/rc.local and /etc/ in general

changes to the software sources you used (/etc/apt)

all software you have installed (you can save a list of the installed software via the software-center and reinstall later, but you have to think of it...)

software installed outside the debian system (by typing make; make install, easy_install, cpan, ctan, ...), those often live in /opt/...

probably a lot I can't think of at the moment...

You will not lose most of the configuration, as this is often saved under ~/.conf.

For answers on how to backup all your system components you can have a look at this question: How to backup settings and list of installed packages and Easy backup/restore of installed system?