I am running Ubuntu 16.04 on a HP PC with a Core i5 Ivy Bridge processor. I am moving to another HP PC with a Core i7 Kaby Lake. So the hardware is different. I will be doing a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 on the new PC.
My question is what is the best way to move the home folder from the old PC to the new PC? I don't care much for the settings or .folder files. I just want to move all the data. Most of the software I use I plan to re-install the new versions. I figure doing that will be cleaner/fresher than cloning the hard-drive and doing an upgrade on the new PC (is this true?). I will just have to re-configure the settings. This is okay.
As for the data I have had issues in the past with user-access permissions and all that. I am not familiar with user/group id commands in Linux or how to deal with them. So what is the best way to move all data in the home folder to the new PC while avoiding access permission problems? My home folder is about 80 GB and I have access to a 1TB external hard-drive.