What to backup?

[bobmac]

Folks,

I know that I need to perform a backup when I want to upgrade, but what do I backup? Do I backup from the root down or do I only need to backup my home folder?

I want (if possible) to keep all the programs that I use fairly frequently.

Any help will be gratefully received.

Regards,

Bob

[mastablasta]

depends what you want to do and how you want to restore.

you can image the whole system (clone), or backup just individual folders. or you can just save what software you installed and then install that newer version of course). I would mostly backup just the data for the upgrade. then before doing the upgrade I first try a live session to see all works as it should or as much as it can.