How to install Ubuntu leaving the Home partition from the old Mint?

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Good afternoon! Linux Mint 12.10 has been installed for a year and a half, which has not been updated for a long time and is already slowing down.
I decided to try installing Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Is it possible to leave the Home partition and mount it to the new Ubuntu? How to do it?
And another question: How to get a list of installed programs / packages, so that I can put it all on Ubuntu?

Answer 1

How about just updating Mint to the latest version, and then changing the turnips to pure Ubuntu of the corresponding version, updating to 14.04 and installing Unity?
It's not Windows, dconf/gconf gets clogged up a lot less and the lag is completely eliminated.
Get the same system but with the Unity shell and a newer one.

Answer 2

Of course you can. If a separate partition, then during installation, mount to / home but do not format. Only then can there be problems with prog configs, tk. most likely different versions. Therefore, it is better to make a new partition under /home, move the necessary one, and then delete the old one and give the place to another partition. As for the packages, click here.
Then, on the new system, select the one you need from this list and install it with one command. Don't forget the repositories! They won't add themselves, and I'm 100% sure that you don't have all the programs from official reps