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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Keeping one's /home directory in a
separate partition isn't quite the miracle cure it's made out to
be. If you ever decide to distro-hop, you will probably have
re-install your home directory or the new distro will misbehave.
Having a separate home directory can retain preferences you might
not want with a fresh install and though they're retained, you
will still have to re-install all/most of the software associated
with those preferences (unless they come with the distro). I think
the most effective method is to create a script that will back-up
everything that's particular to your own preferences. I haven't
actually done this. I usually selectively copy my home folder to a
flash drive, then copy everything back after the fresh install. <br>
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In my own case:<br>
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~/.fonts<br>
~/.config/tomboy<br>
~/.local/share/tomboy<br>
~/.local/share/radiotray<br>
~./Dropbox<br>
~./.xbindkeys<br>
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And then all my regular visible Home Folders... etc...<br>
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If anyone has created a script they can share, I would actually
appreciate it.<br>
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On 11/18/2013 02:20 AM, Cody Smith wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">To switch from one architecture to another, a fresh
install is really the only viable way to do this, i.e. download
an iso, write it do a disk such as a flash drive or CD, boot
into said disk, then install. A way to make future installs
easier is to set /home to a separate partition, the Xubuntu
installer supports that, but you'd have to do the partitions
manually.</p>
<p dir="ltr">--c_smith</p>
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