[newbie] need to re-install OS

[David]

I need to re-install OS.  Can I do so without having to re-install all my apps?  

Is it possible to save some of my setting?  

If it matters my partitions table is as follows:  

Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda8               489992    299049    165643  65% /
none                     79456         0     79456   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda11             7218432   3329464   3522288  49% /home
/dev/hda10             3020140    844508   2022216  30% /usr

Also what is that partition @ mnt point "/dev/shm"?  I didn't put that there.  


tia 
Dave 

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