Hi.
At this time I have Ubuntu 11.04 x86 but I want to change too openSUSE 11.04. In my Ubuntu I have 3 partitions, , \home and a swap partition.
Too install openSUSE I only have to format the \ partition or I need create a new partition table?
Because I have a lot of information int my /home partition
I gona too install openSUSE x86_64 Gnome
PS: sorry for my bag english and I’m new at the forum soo I’m sorry if exist another topic with the same information
You can keep /home as it is. But you’ll have to learn the new version number format: there ain’t no openSUSE 11.04 
Come to think of it, something like “Lachrymose Lizard” sounds fun…
I agree you could keep /home but I would change my username because you’ll find the Ubuntu config will sometimes make things look messy. If it were me I’d just backup your files and format /home too. Because the new username idea is just as much if not more work.
On 08/06/2011 12:26 PM, BigHugo wrote:
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> At this time I have Ubuntu 11.04 x86 but I want to change too openSUSE
> 11.04. In my Ubuntu I have 3 partitions, , \home and a swap partition.
some of the things you need to take into account as you move from Ubuntu
11.04 to openSUSE 11.4 are laid out for your review here:
http://tinyurl.com/ubuntu-to-openSUSE
if/when you find other things that new-to-openSUSE folks should know,
please make constructive input…
IF it is not already covered in the above or the below:
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DD
Caveat-Hardware-Software
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!
Agreed. It’s been such a long time since I used anything other than openSUSE… Although it should be made absolutely clear that your advice does not mean “backup and restore /home” because then you’d have the same problem (your configuration files being overwritten). If the OP has plenty of disk space, I’d suggest to do what I always do whenever I install a new openSUSE version: keep the old /home on a separate partition, spend a couple of hours getting your new installation fine-tuned to how you like it, then mount the old /home partition as /oldhome in /etc/fstab and copy what you need at your leisure. I usually keep the previous version of openSUSE around for a while, sometimes until another comes out (e.g. I kept 11 until 11.2 was ready to be installed).
Ok. Thaks for the answers
sorry my mistake about openSUSE 10.04 