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Re: Help needed before Ubuntu upgrade

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On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:10:02 +0000
Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Davey <davey@example.invalid> writes:
> > I am preparing to upgrade my Ubuntu 22.04 to 24.04. I appreciate
> > that a Clean Install is better than an upgrade, and it is what I
> > have always done.  
> 
> A clean install is not better than an upgrade, since it destroys
> everything outside /home.

Indeed. But it is usually reported that a new Install prevents problems
held over from the old install.

> 
> > My main concern is: Will my Swann CCTV software survive? I had to
> > do a lot of tweaks to the Wine installation, that I cannot
> > remember, to make it work on the 22.04, and I do not want to lose
> > that under any circumstances.  
> 
> It depends where the tweaks are. I know nothing of Wine but broadly
> speaking if the tweaks are in /etc then a clean reinstall will destroy
> them, if they are somewhere in your home directory then they will
> survive, as long as you take care not to erase your home directory
> during the install (for instance by repartitioning).
> 

That is what I am worried about. See next thread for reason to upgrade!

> Whatever you do, make sure your backups are up to date first.
> 
I am trying.

-- 
Davey.

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