On 04/21/2022 07:59 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 07:03:01AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I am not upgrading in place.
I currently have Debian 9.13 installed on one partition with /home on a
different partition.
I will install Debian 11.3 on a fresh partition and have /home remain on its
current partition.
I'm aware of cautions about upgrading in-place cf
[https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html]
Are there things to be aware of when using the same /home partition on both?
Desktop environments
That could be a problem. I use MATE. I don't know where it stores what.
Or even it mutually compatible will the install procedure over write
data I created? I suspect it would and this machine doesn't have the
disk capacity to be safe.
I've got a spare SSD with enough space to experiment with.
and some programs (libre office,
I avoid that beast.
browsers,
My browser is a SeaMonkey stand alone executable.
that kind of stuff) putting their user configs
in your home might get confused should you plan to change
back-and-forth.
Most of the time they expect to upgrade their configs,
but not necessarily to downgrade.
The OS itself should be fine, though.
With enough thought I can have the desired effect even though the
topography will be very different. Thanks for the warning.
Cheers
