I have some time on my hands. :( I am doing some website updates, including some Linux install instructions I have posted. I have an old 32_bit laptop here which is now a playtoy upon which I can install anything I want. I have just installed Ubuntu, minus all the customization I normally do. Ubuntu's default install is to place root and /home all on the same partition. My default behaviour is to separate them. I want to be able to blow away the operating system and install something else, without disturbing /home. I want to post notes to non-technical new users, and make things as simple as possible. What do all of you out there think of separate /home partions. Necessary? Not necessary? Installing a new OS on a Ubuntu box means backing up and recovering /home. How reliably upgradable is Ubuntu? -- Howard Gibson hgibson@eol.ca jhowardgibson@gmail.com http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson