From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 03:34:04 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?Q?Stefan_M=C3=BChlinghaus?= To: voidlinux Message-Id: <9badfa31-a7e9-4ed4-9f67-688af06bb129@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: How to set a new user? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_94_566512856.1445078045088" ------=_Part_94_566512856.1445078045088 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_95_19503659.1445078045089" ------=_Part_95_19503659.1445078045089 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Void is very much based on freedom of choice. Such freedom can of course be somewhat intimidating at first, especially since you will need to learn how to do many things yourself instead of having them working out-of-the-box. On the other hand you will end up with a system that is exactly how you want it insead of trying to cater to the masses. It may take a bit of fiddling and looking things up online but I'm sure you can get things running the way you want. Reusing your current home partition should be fine. I have been doing the same thing through several Linux iterations so far and never encountered any major problem. Just bear in mind that there are several config- and cache-files on your home partition that may contain custom settings from your old Linux system. That should not be a problem though since you can change any setting later and caches should be updated automatically after a while. It is only a little problematic if you want to keep using your old Linux as well and share the home partition between both systems. I am of the opinion that home directories need some weeding out from time to time anyway :) ------=_Part_95_19503659.1445078045089 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Void is very much based on freedom of choice. Such freedom= can of course be somewhat intimidating at first, especially since you will= need to learn how to do many things yourself instead of having them workin= g out-of-the-box. On the other hand you will end up with a system that is e= xactly how you want it insead of trying to cater to the masses. It may take= a bit of fiddling and looking things up online but I'm sure you can ge= t things running the way you want.

Reusing your current = home partition should be fine. I have been doing the same thing through sev= eral Linux iterations so far and never encountered any major problem. Just = bear in mind that there are several config- and cache-files on your home pa= rtition that may contain custom settings from your old Linux system. That s= hould not be a problem though since you can change any setting later and ca= ches should be updated automatically after a while. It is only a little pro= blematic if you want to keep using your old Linux as well and share the hom= e partition between both systems. I am of the opinion that home directories= need some weeding out from time to time anyway :)
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