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allbluedream

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Registered: 2008-04-06

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Share home partition with other distros?

I have Arch and Ubuntu Hardy installed on my laptop, and I am still giving Arch a test drive with Ubuntu as the backup system. I use Gnome on both systems, and I tend to configure packages the same way. I read here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= … ostcount=3) that it's possible to share the home partition, but I want to get some more advice first. Is there any dangerous consequences of doing so?

GGLucas

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Registered: 2008-03-13

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Re: Share home partition with other distros?

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Last edited by GGLucas (2022-06-24 09:09:30)

rson451

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Re: Share home partition with other distros?

I think that's a good description of the average experience with this the first time you try it.  It works OK until you decide to stick with one or the other distro, then you have a bunch of crap left behind to clean up.  As already stated, just make sure your important files are backed up.

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allbluedream

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Registered: 2008-04-06

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Re: Share home partition with other distros?

Thank you. I am not worried about the configs, since there are only a few worth backup. It's good to know that it's fairly safe to move on.