β² 1025 βΌ So, timeshift or NixOS? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Geert@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 103 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] Geert@lemmy.world [S] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child) I have a USB drive bay. Just swap disks to play around with other distros. It's pretty neat too permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children) Well now I feel silly for not thinking about doing that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Geert@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) It actually works quite well. Seperate home partition and off you go π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah that's what I figured you'd do. Thank you for your wisdom. permalink fedilink source parent [β] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wouldn't that clutter your home partition since every distro you install has some things to put on there? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] lemming741@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I'm distro shopping right now, so I made a large "home" partition, and several smaller OS partitions (GPT FTW!). If I want things to "sync" (Docs, Downloads, .mozilla, .bashrc) I delete the /home/user/Music and symlink it to my /mnt/sharehome/Music . permalink fedilink source parent [β] Geert@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 years ago mv .config .config.old235 :D permalink fedilink source parent [β] Resonanz@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago Me too permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (2 children) Well now I feel silly for not thinking about doing that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Geert@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) It actually works quite well. Seperate home partition and off you go π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah that's what I figured you'd do. Thank you for your wisdom. permalink fedilink source parent [β] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wouldn't that clutter your home partition since every distro you install has some things to put on there? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] lemming741@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I'm distro shopping right now, so I made a large "home" partition, and several smaller OS partitions (GPT FTW!). If I want things to "sync" (Docs, Downloads, .mozilla, .bashrc) I delete the /home/user/Music and symlink it to my /mnt/sharehome/Music . permalink fedilink source parent [β] Geert@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 years ago mv .config .config.old235 :D permalink fedilink source parent [β] Resonanz@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 years ago Me too permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Geert@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) It actually works quite well. Seperate home partition and off you go π permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah that's what I figured you'd do. Thank you for your wisdom. permalink fedilink source parent [β] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wouldn't that clutter your home partition since every distro you install has some things to put on there? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] lemming741@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I'm distro shopping right now, so I made a large "home" partition, and several smaller OS partitions (GPT FTW!). If I want things to "sync" (Docs, Downloads, .mozilla, .bashrc) I delete the /home/user/Music and symlink it to my /mnt/sharehome/Music . permalink fedilink source parent [β] Geert@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 years ago mv .config .config.old235 :D permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Yeah that's what I figured you'd do. Thank you for your wisdom. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Wouldn't that clutter your home partition since every distro you install has some things to put on there? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] lemming741@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I'm distro shopping right now, so I made a large "home" partition, and several smaller OS partitions (GPT FTW!). If I want things to "sync" (Docs, Downloads, .mozilla, .bashrc) I delete the /home/user/Music and symlink it to my /mnt/sharehome/Music . permalink fedilink source parent [β] Geert@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 years ago mv .config .config.old235 :D permalink fedilink source parent
[β] lemming741@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago I'm distro shopping right now, so I made a large "home" partition, and several smaller OS partitions (GPT FTW!). If I want things to "sync" (Docs, Downloads, .mozilla, .bashrc) I delete the /home/user/Music and symlink it to my /mnt/sharehome/Music . permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Geert@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 years ago mv .config .config.old235 :D permalink fedilink source parent
