On Mon, 8 Jan 2018 08:23:34 -0800 (PST) Len Ovens <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In general, this means back up what you have, install new OS, restore > at least your home directories, ... There are perhaps two meanings to this. 1) home directory as in /home/user/ 2)"home directories" in a very large sense which can mean for instance /B/plugins/ /C/samples/ /D/myMusic/ etc... and are hosted elsewhere than in /home/ "home" being used very loosely and with no relation to the directory computer term. Like "the Earth is my home". I would advice to leave /home/user/ as much aside as possible. Rarely store anything at all in there. Make other directories on perhaps other drives, which are accessible by any other Linux system that machine can boot. Easier to backup, cleaner to maintain. Reboot another Linux OS and all your plugins are still in /B/Plugins/. The new OS can do anything in /home/usr/, the user would not really care. That is, if one does not craft for hours and days a desktop environment with 100 detailed Pantone colours. In which case that user would probably want to back up his 'work'. Cheers. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
