Re: [Slightly OT] testing KDE with a different distro

On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:10:14 +0200
"O. Sinclair" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 06/07/2010 13:35, Art Alexion wrote:
> > Kmail is probably the KDE program I use the most (other than konsole and
> > the panel). I am experiencing many of the problems others have asked
> > about on this list.
> >
> > I am starting to believe Kubuntu's implementation of KDE is largely to
> > blame. I am not seeing nearly the problems from openSuSE or Mandravia
> > users on this list.
> >
> > I have freed sufficient space on my sda to host another distro. I would
> > like to hear from those of you who do not feel that you are experiencing
> > excessive problems to post which distro you are using.
> >
> > Also, any thoughts you have with regard to the two sharing a home partition.
> >
> I am also considering this. I feel that upgrading to 10.04 Lucid has 
> been more problematic than beneficiail. I had not done so if it was not 
> for a systemcrash and all I had available to install was a 10.04 medium. 
> Also that one 3G usb modem supplied by my office does not work in 9.10 
> karmic.
> 
> Have my doubts on sharing home folder though. Let us know how it goes.
> 
> Sinclair
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I do that quite a bit.  The trick is to not save the home itself but rather the
data directories.  To do that I wrote the following script.  Just be sure to
create the /Common (or whatever name you want) first, then run the script.

#! /bin/bash

##  create symlinks from /home/tom to /Common

mv /home/tom/.claws-mail /Common/.claws-mail
ln -s /Common/.claws-mail /home/tom/.claws-mail

mv /home/tom/Documents /Common/Documents
ln -s /Common/Documents /home/tom/Documents

mv /home/tom/bin /Common/bin
ln -s /Common/bin /home/tom/bin

mv /home/tom/Pictures /Common/Pictures
ln -s /Common/Pictures /home/tom/Pictures

mv /home/tom/Mail /Common/Mail
ln -s /Common/Mail /home/tom/Mail

mv /home/tom/Maildir /Common/Maildir
ln -s /Common/Maildir /home/tom/Maildir

mv /home/tom/Music /Common/Music
ln -s /Common/Music /home/tom/Music

mv /home/tom/Podcasts /Common/Podcasts
ln -s /Common/Podcasts /home/tom/Podcasts

mv /home/tom/Public /Common/Public
ln -s /Common/Public /home/tom/Public

mv /home/tom/Templates /Common/Templates
ln -s /Common/Templates /home/tom/Templates

mv /home/tom/Videos /Common/Videos
ln -s /Common/Videos /home/tom/Videos

exit 0
## end of script

Use that on the original distro, then change the "mv" commands to "rm" for
subsequent distros. Do this before any data are created in the new distros data
directories.

I've currently got two distros going, one of which I replace regularly.  I've
found some programs, particularly mail programs, need their hidden settings
files put in /Common to keep in sync over the distros.

Hope this helps, Tom.
-- 
Tom Taylor - retired penguin
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