Desktop environment after fresh install with old /home

[Jose_Maria_Martin_]

Hi,

I am used to keep my /home partition when making a fresh installations of ubuntu releases.

So far my /home partition dates back to 2007 or so while I am using Xubuntu 14.04.

Config file (typically dot something .*) are then kept in the system. That is very convinient for history and log-in information kept by chrome or firefox default accounts.

But a side effect is that desktop environment looks like frozen in the past not actually having a fresh 2014 desktop.

I assume I should change/remove some config file, but I don't know exactly which ones or how to go in.

[mörgæs]

Hi, welcome to the fora.

I guess the best you can do is taking a backup of the old /home. After that you reinstall, creating a new one automatically in the proces.
When everything works you copy select files one by one from the old to the new /home.