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Step 1: Create a live USB of the new Linux distributionĪlright! I already mentioned it in the requirements but I still included it in the main steps to avoid confusion. With that much background information, it’s time to see how to replace a Linux distribution with another. That process is slightly complicated and I don’t want you to mess up your system. If you don’t have a separate Home partition, you may create it later as well BUT I won’t recommend that. Note: You must remember the exact username and password of your existing Linux install in order to use the same home directory as it is in the new distribution. Keeping Home on a separate partition is helpful in situations when you want to replace your existing Linux install with another without losing your files. This is where all the troubles in manually creating separate home partition pay off. You might have noticed that in my dual boot tutorials, I always go for ‘Something Else’ option and then manually create root and home partitions instead of choosing ‘Install alongside Windows’ option.

If you want to keep your files from existing Linux install as it is, you must have a separate root and home directory. Things to keep in mind for keeping your home directory while changing Linux distribution Backup of your important files in Windows and in Linux on an external disk (optional yet recommended).A system with Linux and Windows dual boot.

Let’s first take a look at the requirements: I’ll also keep my personal files (music, pictures, videos, documents from my home directory) while switching distributions. I am going to replace it with elementary OS 5. I have Linux Mint 19 installed on my system in dual boot mode with Windows 10. Let me describe the scenario I am going to use here. Replace one Linux with another from dual boot Let me show you how to switch Linux distributions. You simply delete its partition and install the new distribution on the disk space vacated by the previous distribution.Īnother good news is that you may be able to keep your Home directory with all your documents and pictures while switching the Linux distributions. You don’t have to uninstall the existing Linux distribution. If you already have a Linux distribution installed in dual boot, you can easily replace it with another. You might think that you need to uninstall Ubuntu from dual boot first and then repeat the dual booting steps with Linux Mint. What would you do now? How would you remove Ubuntu and install Mint in dual boot? But after reading the Linux Mint versus Ubuntu discussion, you realized that Linux Mint is more suited for your needs. Suppose you managed to successfully dual boot Ubuntu and Windows.