Re: Separate /home directories etc?
On 7/6/18, ntrfug <ntrfug@cox.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 15:47:37 -0500
> 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
>>
>>
> The home directory contains not only "personal data" but configuration
> directories for all your apps.
>
> I long ago settled on a middle-of-the-road solution--I have a partition
> mounted on /home/ntrfug/files which contains all my "data" such as
> email, photos, documents, non-distribution software, bank statements,
> etc. I've been doing this for ~20 years and I still like it. I can
> reinstall nuking the home directory to take advantage of updated
> configurations but still keep my word processing documents, email, and
> general umm, stuff.
That thought process is somewhere right on the edge of the latest path
my own computing has taken this week. I think it was just yesterday
that I said something about config files and yada-yada, conflicts
sometimes because of upgrades, downgrades, etc. Add to it that I just
this week entered the amazing World of GPT partitioning. 128
partitions, HAVE MERCY!
So the first thing I did was create one for /home because I've always
wanted to do that...
And then I have several partitions, maybe five for now, for various
distributions.
And thennn the thought occurred that only one /home directory is not
going to work because of eventually if not sooner personalized config
file conflicts across distributions.
So now I'm going to go back and create some more home partitions just
because I can. A set of those will correspond to each, their own
distribution. Last one will be where images, videos, printscreens,
finance tracking, temporary downloads, etc, are housed in yet another
partition that is bound to all the other, more primary "parent" /home
partitions.
Next up will be self-teaching on how to set up a hopefully no-fail
fstab entry for that many years' long dream come true. :)
Cindy :)
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Cindy-Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
* runs with duct tape *
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