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/home dir on a separate partition? Why/Why not? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey folks!

I'm about to distro hop (again) to test Tumbleweed for a longer period of time 🦎 However, something i've not done before is to have my /home directory on a separate partition, should I? If I do it, should it be a different filesystem than the rest? (Been reading on OpenSuse TW forums and seen people mentioning that they use BTRFS for /home and XFS for the rest, or the other way around. Are there any benefits of using separate filesystems, or is this done to get the BTRFS backup for the /home dir?

What are the pros and cons of doing these changes to my system, lemmy know :)

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes the config files might clash tho between distros with their own software sets.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

True.

Honestly with the invent of flash drives, Networked drives, and other such solutions, it makes less sense to have a dedicated home partition. I usually blow it away with a new system as an excuse to get rid of all the old documents I dont need anymore. Although back in the day, I got rid of an entire bitcoin once....not recoverable. Ouch.