I want to upgrade my Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 but I always fear losing my data. I never upgrade an Linux`s distro before, actually, this is about one year I am using it. So I don't know how actually this really works, when upgrading, but I want to keep my pictures, musics, documents and so on that are in my home folder. I launched Gparted and my partitions are:
1- /dev/sda1 File System: ext4 Mount Point: / Size: 690.78 Gib Used: 176.25 Gib Flags: boot
2- /dev/sda2 ~ ~: extended Mount Point: <nothing here> Size: 7.86 Gib Used: - Flags: -
and inside /dev/sda2 there is an linux-swap with same size above.
My question is, how can I upgrade my 12.04 without losing my home files. I considered to create a partition to store it but I am not so sure. Also, after upgrading it, there is some way to re-install my old programs that were left in the old system? I mean, via Ubuntu Software Center?
Thanks in advance