I'm breaking from my normal topics of discussion and posting a little about my regular computers.
Recently, I decided to go to a 64 bit operating system to take full advantage of my architecture. I have a system with an AMD64 Athlon in it. The system itself ran very well. However, there were some problems with Firefox and the plugins. After reading up on fixing the problems, I decided to change the OS to a regular 32-bit OS. I had Ubuntu 64 installed, and I liked Ubuntu, I just hated that there were only bandaid solutions for 64-bit issues. Thus, I decided to stick with Ubuntu.
I downloaded the standard 8.04 cd and began my install. I selected to format my /boot partition and keep my / partition. My root partition included my /home directory and I didn't care to lose my files. The installer informed me that they would delete all my system files, but migrate my documents, not only from my /home but also from my Windows partition. I decided to migrate the files in my /home partition and not the files from my Windows partition.
I had a lot of customizations and I didn't want to loose my program data. I crossed my fingers and hit next.
I now have an updated system with all the plugins working for firefox. All my files were transferred along with all my program settings. I started Pidgin, it logged me into my accounts and messaged away. I opened firefox, started to type in a url and my history came up. Everything transferred!!! I'm very happy.
I'm still loving my TX though. It gets me through the day.
Jay C. Theriot