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    So, timeshift or NixOS? (lemmy.world)
    submitted 1 year ago by Geert@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    For me it's installing a new OS every six months for a fun new experience.

    [–] Geert@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I have a USB drive bay. Just swap disks to play around with other distros. It's pretty neat too

    [–] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Well now I feel silly for not thinking about doing that.

    [–] Geert@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It actually works quite well. Seperate home partition and off you go 😁

    [–] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

    Yeah that's what I figured you'd do. Thank you for your wisdom.

    [–] penquin@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wouldn't that clutter your home partition since every distro you install has some things to put on there?

    [–] lemming741@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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 .

    [–] Geert@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

    mv .config .config.old235 :D

    [–] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

    I installed ubuntu on my workstation in 2013 and have upgraded the OS since. I've swapped out the motherboard and added 5 drives in raid6. The thing morphed from a desktop into a server over the years. The only original HW is the case (power supply died a few years ago). I never really concidered wiping & installing a new OS.