On 8/1/05, Chandrashekar Babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:13:03 +0530, L.V.Gandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am afraid this advantage is not real. Because distributionsbehave > > differently with . files. hence it may not behave as > > expected. > > Of course, the dot-files (especially the shell profile scripts) > might look different in each distribution. However, carefully > tweaking shell profiles tailored to your requirements should > help. > > Regarding dot-files and dot-directories created by other apps > like mozilla, opera, gnome, kde and so on, I haven't yet faced > issues while using Slackware+Debian+FreeBSD sharing my /home > directory. Infact, I find them more convenient as my > profiles/settings/themes/desktop remain consistent across these > distros/platforms. If the version of kde changes between distros, then there may be problem. For example mail dir is Mail upto kde 3.3 and .Mail for kde 3.4. There may be other config files also which may conflict. -- L.V.Gandhi http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/ linux user No.205042
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