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To install a new distribution of Linux on your computer, first copy over any files you wish to preserve from the old distribution (ex. stuff in /home/yourusername, browser history files/settings, useful scripts you wrote) onto a flash drive or other memory device that will not have the new distribution installed on it. Then you can feel free to proceed with the installation as usual (different for every distribution), just keep in mind that it will involve erasing everything on the hard disk you choose to install it on.

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