[xubuntu-users] install xubuntu core over ubuntu 14.04

[Roger]

On April 14, 2017 10:26:29 AM EDT, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>the original poster could install several Ubuntu flavours parallel, to
>get a dual-boot or multi-boot, with a shared /home, but it also would
>be
>possible to do this without sharing /home. Another possibility is to
>simply install Xubuntu meta-packages by the already existing Ubuntu
>install, IOW just to have one Linux install and to chose what session
>to run, by the display managers' greeter. Usually a user could use
>one /home for configurations of several windows managers or desktop
>environments, just sometimes this could cause issues for novices, so it
>doesn't harm to start by adding an additional user for testing purpose
>and/or to backup /home, let alone that it is possible to backup a
>complete Linux install.
>
>Before going into the details of the available choices, the original
>poster should consider to describe the reason to install Xubuntu and to
>be able to revert back to Ubuntu, since there's another choice. Just
>for testing purpose running the already existing Ubuntu install as host
>for a virtual machine with a Xubuntu guest could be possible, too. This
>isn't the best approach for all purposes, since a virtual machine has
>got a few limits. OTOH those limits don't affect all domains.
>
>IOW it's also important for what the original poster does use
>Linux, e.g. office work is something different to real-time tasks such
>as CNC or pro-audio.
>
>Regards,
>Ralf
>
>
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I would be concerned about different versions of Ubuntu accessing config files and the potential four incompatibilities. How about aliases and custom startup options? Would encrypted 
/home add yet another wrinkle?
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