I've got /home & /(filesystem) on separate partitions. I've upgraded a few times (xubuntu) but my OS has picked up the inevitable fud over the years & I want to do a fresh install.
To do a fresh install of / and keep home as is, use this method.
The only difference is that I don't want to ditch all of / without having the opportunity to back useful stuff up, in case I can selectively re-apply stuff or whatever. Does anyone have a guide to what to back up (if anything) from / ? All I can find is guides to back up the whole thing, which I don't want. Similarly is there an obvious way of saving a list of your installed programs or is it just the 'screenshots of programs menu' method?
Thanks
(note to mods: tags 're-installation' and 'software-installation' aren't allowed under the "installation tag not allowed" rule, even though they exist as alternatives. This is surely a bug)