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Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3

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On 04/21/2022 07:59 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 07:03:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> I am not upgrading in place.
>>
>> I currently have Debian 9.13 installed on one partition with /home on a
>> different partition.
>>
>> I will install Debian 11.3 on a fresh partition and have /home remain on its
>> current partition.
>>
>> I'm aware of cautions about upgrading in-place  cf [https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html]
>>
>> Are there things to be aware of when using the same /home partition on both?
> 
> Desktop environments

That could be a problem. I use MATE. I don't know where it stores what.
Or even it mutually compatible will the install procedure over write 
data I created? I suspect it would and this machine doesn't have the 
disk capacity to be safe.

I've got a spare SSD with enough space to experiment with.

> and some programs (libre office,

I avoid that beast.

> browsers,

My browser is a SeaMonkey stand alone executable.

> that kind of stuff) putting their user configs
> in your home might get confused should you plan to change
> back-and-forth.
> 
> Most of the time they expect to upgrade their configs,
> but not necessarily to downgrade.
> 
> The OS itself should be fine, though.


With enough thought I can have the desired effect even though the 
topography will be very different. Thanks for the warning.

> 
> Cheers
> 

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Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Richard Owlett <rcowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-04-21 14:30 +0200
  Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-04-21 14:40 +0200
  Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-04-21 15:00 +0200
    Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Richard Owlett <rcowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-04-21 17:00 +0200
      Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-04-21 17:20 +0200
        Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Richard Owlett <rcowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-04-21 20:30 +0200
          Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-04-21 23:00 +0200
    Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2022-04-21 22:10 +0200
      CMOS clock (was: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-04-21 23:30 +0200
        Re: CMOS clock (was: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3) David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2022-04-22 02:40 +0200
        Re: CMOS clock (was: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3) <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-04-22 07:30 +0200
  Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2022-04-21 15:00 +0200
    Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Richard Owlett <rcowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-04-21 16:10 +0200
  Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2022-04-21 15:50 +0200
    Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Richard Owlett <rcowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-04-21 17:20 +0200
      Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2022-04-21 18:50 +0200
  Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2022-04-21 17:30 +0200
  Re: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-04-21 19:30 +0200
  [Path forward] WAS: Changing from Debian 9.13 to Debian 11.3 Richard Owlett <rcowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-04-22 11:00 +0200

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