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[Weekly thread] GNU+Linux help: ask anything! (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by anzo@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How does one simplify distro hopping? Do you have a workflow to make it easier to set everything up?

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Look up how to have /home on a seperate partition, it lets you keep your user files when distro-hopping

[–] nichtburningturtle@feddit.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is there a way to avoid creating a new one, or do you just replace the new one in /etc/fstab?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Do you mean: You currently have a separate partition mounted as /home and want to reuse this when installing a new distro?
Yes, there is a way to avoid creating a new one:

In the gui or tui installer, choose manual partitioning
If they don't exist yet, create the partitions you want to use.
Specify their file system (ext4 or whatever you prefer), mount point or use, e.g. /, /home, swap.

!!! Be careful !!!

!!! For the /home partition make sure to uncheck recreate file system, format or alike. !!!
This is the partition currently filled with your data!

apply changes and procede installation.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

virtual machine?