Can I share my home between a Mint and Ubuntu?

[Bo Berglund]

On Sun,  5 Dec 2021 13:58:28 -0500 (EST), Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com>
wrote:

>> But if I use different flavours of Linux between the installations, does it also
>> work then?
>
>Short answer: yes.
>
>The long answer is that there *might* be issues with some of your preferences
>for some applications, if there are different versions of those applications
>with the two distros. Specificly, things like Firefox or Libra Office for
>example.

Right, /etc/... would be separate for instance.
And /usr/.. too.

>IF you also have self-built programs (C or C++) in your home directory that
>are linked to some shared libraries that have different versions in the
>different distros, that could also be a problem. Or possibly things like
>Python srcipts that import libraries that might not be installed on one distro
>or the other.
>
>Since Mint is based on LTS Ubuntu, if the version of Mint you install is based 
>on the LTS version you already have installed, there should generally not be 
>any problems, since everything would be the same version.
>
>I am not sure what will happen with personal GUI/Desktop configuration, 
>probably nothing noticable.

OK, I see the potential pitfalls here...

I probably would be better off by moving the *media* on my existing installation
off to a separate partition and mount that into some mount point inside /home on
both but leave all other home user stuff separate.

That would mean more config and installation on the new system but would be
safer, I guess...

Thanks for your suggestions.

-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden