LXer: Switch distributions – Keep your files & settings

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09-07-2009, 04:20 PM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,608 Rep:	LXer: Switch distributions – Keep your files & settings Published at LXer: 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. The secret is the /home folder, where the GNU/Linux Operating Systems keep the data of the user, the configuration files of the applications installed and much more. Read More...

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