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| From | Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Separate /home directories etc? |
| Date | 2018-07-06 23:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <w8GiZ-8jv-3@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <w8FPX-7Uj-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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I, not only have a separate /home directory but, if the Hard Drive is large
enough, will create things, like /bighome, /oldhome (just before installing
a new Release), as well other variations, to handle the "Issue de jour".
Why? Because /home is where my "personal data" is stored, and I don't want
anything to go wrong. (For example, I avoided an issue that showed up on
this List with /oldhome, when jumping from Ubuntu to Debian, including
going from Open Office to LibreOffice. Didn't someone lose Templates
recently?)
Note: If I am short on disk space, I will, at least, "tar and feather" my
filesystem, before the Upgrade. I have two One Terrabyte external Hard
Drives for this purpose.
Good luck!
Kenneth Parker, Reformed Ubuntu user, now mainly on Debian.
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 4:48 PM Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
> In response to a unrelated post to a LUG, I was asked if I had a
> separate /home directory. Short answer -- no.
>
> I abandoned WinXP when Jessie had become stable.
> The installer defaults {I assume for cause} to putting every thing on
> one partition/directory.
>
> Where may I read about pros/cons ?
> TIA
>
>
>
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