I want to do something that would make my life easier.
Problem:
- I use OpenSUSE as my main OS for over 2 years now. BUT I like playing with a flavor of the month OS.
- Virtual OS installs are not my cup of tea. a) You don’t get a “true” feeling for the OS without it being installed on metal. b) I have a OLD cpu and virtual anything is painfully slow.
Solution:
Split the /home directory into three partitions.
- Shared /home partition holding all visible data files
- OpenSUSE /home partition having all the hidden .files and .directories for its configuration.
- Flavor of the month OS /home partition having all the hidden .files and .directories for its configuration.
Reasoning:
I can therefore install another OS or Distro and just format and install to 2 partitions. I still have all my documents and files in a separate shared partition.
Issues:
- I understand why they made the configuration files in /home for multiple users, but when someone wants to keep trying out different things it causes problems.
- I don’t want to place my files on my NAS. I have the same issue. My config files are saved in the NAS/home/and I can’t share it without headaches. Doesn’t solve my issue.
- A symbolic link (soft) won’t work since it will not update itself if files are moved.
- Drop Box won’t solve my issue and just take up space.
- Syncing the /home/ folders between the two would take double the space. Just an issue with videos music and pictures.
- If I make any changes won’t this causes issues with the operating system and applications placing .config and defaults to the wrong place?
Solution I can’t figure out how to process:
- Save my .config files on a separate partition.
- Making a link for each folder from the SUSE or Flavor of the month’s /home folder to the storage /home folder located on a separate partition.
Any help would be great or other ideas that people have come up with to help solve this issue.