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Switch distributions – Keep your files & settings

"I have been a GNU/Linux user for a year now, and in this time I changed 4-5 distributions. In this process, even when reinstalling the same distro, I wasn’t aware that I could keep the settings and configurations of my applications.

This can be done by creating a separate partition on the initial installation called /home. The /home folder is where the GNU/Linux Operating Systems keep the data of the user, the configuration files of the applications installed and much more. A /home partition also gives you the opportunity to share the same /home folder between two GNU/Linux installations on the same computer, this meaning sharing the same settings for the same applications."


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