Clean install keeping home folder intact

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 15:37:20 +0200,
   Christopher Svanefalk <christopher.svanefalk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Alright - is there anyway to set this up ad hoc? Can I just make a new
>partition, move my home folder there, and then go ahead with the reinstall?
>Or do I need to change something else?

You'll need to tweak fstab in the current system to get the new /home 
mounted on boots. If /home is encrypted you'll have more futzing to do.
Best practice is still to make a back up for the new install in case 
something goes wrong.