On 7 July 2015 at 11:07, Scott Allen <mlxxxp@gmail.com> wrote:
On 6 July 2015 at 22:19, Chris F.A. Johnson <chris@cfajohnson.com> wrote:
If you keep /home on a separate partition, you wouldn't have this problem.
Something I've wondered about doing this: /home doesn't only contain data files created by the user. There are also many hidden files created by the system and programs, usually in the root of the user's home directory. For example: .config and .gconf.
If one were to install a new distribution, or even just a newer release of the same distribution, and then simply re-mount the /home partition afterwards, might not there possibly be some problems with these hidden files containing incorrect information? Do most programs that create these files sort things out for themselves?
In theory it should be the program's problem: you're a loyal user who's been using their product for a while, the program should recognize and convert/update from previous formats. In practice it's hit-and-miss: one of my favourite window managers, wmii, breaks its old ~/.wmii/... file formats every couple years and I have to wipe them, learn the new format, and re-configure. It sucks. It depends on the program. I remember having to do it once long ago (like a decade) with KDE, but mostly the big names play nice these days. -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr@gmail.com