Moving home folder from Ubuntu 20.04 to new installation of 22.04 on a different SSD

Question

I have two SSDs connected to my laptop. The old 500 GB Samsung has my Ubuntu 20.04, GRUB and partition for files.
I have a new 1TB SSD also connected on which I want to install Ubuntu 22.04.
The issue for me is that my "old" 20.04 has many programs and tweaks which I want to keep. I saw this: Moving home folder to new installation of Ubuntu Will it work for an upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04?

Answer 1

I don't recommend doing this.

Copying your home folder from your 20.04 installation to your 22.04 installation will not preserve your applications (because applications are not installed in your home folder).

Also, it will not retain all of your configurations. This is because some of the configuration keys and values have changed between 20.04 and 22.04. For example, there is a new configuration to allow a different background for dark vs. light mode.

As an other example, extensions you have installed in 20.04 may not work on 22.04 because Ubuntu 22.04 requires newer versions of those extensions and their configurations. Not all extensions that are available for 20.04 are available or work on 22.04.