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Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :)

From Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux
Subject Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :)
Date 2019-06-17 10:08 -0500
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:03:53 -0500, Bit Twister wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 16:34:49 +0200, Soviet_Mario wrote:
>
> Loaded MX Linux in a guest this morning. Xfce works much better than
> Debian Xfce. It also has a bigger selection in the Settings Manager.
>
>
>> /media/HOMES/Debian/home/Mario_1
>> /media/HOMES/MX/home/Mario_2
>
> So far I still do not see how you are keeping the user's
> Desktop Environment configuration files separate from each install

Oops, forgot to add,     and still share user data between installs.

> Something else for you to consider is a big update, or next release.
> Seen users complain new updates caused major problems.
>
> If I were running these kinds of rolling release updated distribution
> I would rsync "Production" install to new_and_improved partition,
> edit its /etc/fstab, have grub update the boot menu, then boot it
> and do the update. If it works, remove the old install.
>


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another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-16 19:59 +0200
  Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2019-06-16 21:26 +0200
    Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2019-06-16 20:13 +0000
      Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-16 23:01 +0200
    Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-17 13:11 +0000
  Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-06-16 23:05 +0200
  Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-16 18:51 -0500
  Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-17 13:07 +0000
    Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Soviet_Mario <SovietMario@CCCP.MIR> - 2019-06-17 16:34 +0200
      Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-17 10:03 -0500
        Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2019-06-17 10:08 -0500
      Re: another episode in "non standard" homes' saga :) William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-06-17 16:19 +0000

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