On 10/05/2014 07:40 AM, Andre Rodovalho wrote:
Aere, if you don't want to mess user configurations with different
linux distros using a single /home, you can simply use different user
names. Each user will have a different folder at /home, and all
configs inside that folder, nothing will conflict...
For files only, you can create a shared folder (everybody can read and
write - wich has no config files) inside /home
Andre:
That's an interesting idea - I hadn't thought of it. I might try it
some time.
Still, I have never had a problem having /home as part of the system
partition, because with every system that matters, I regularly back-up
my /home/aere files to an external hard-drive, and in the rare event
where a system gets destroyed, I simply restore /home/aere from my backup.
Restoring from the backup has never yet failed, though (fortunately) I
don't have an occasion to test it very often.
This process has also proven useful when I want to 'clone' my personal
files on another partition (or machine). In cases of cloning to other
distributions or different levels, I simply copy the non-hidden files,
and let the configurations default.
Even with a separate partition for /home, it is good practice to do
backups, in case the entire hard-drive fails. So it wouldn't change my
process of doing backups.
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Sincerely,
Aere
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