XPost: alt.2600, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: rich@example.invalid   
      
   In comp.os.linux.misc Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 24 May 2024 00:25:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >   
   >> Normally, I'd love cutting edge stuff, but I recently nuked my   
   >> EndeavourOS install by accident, so I'm staying away from that stuff   
   >> for now.   
   >   
   > Do you keep a separate OS partition?  My recommendation is to have a   
   > second one for trying alternative distros.  Less chance of a)   
   > breaking your user files, b) breaking the previous known-good OS.   
      
   Another way to try out alternative distros without risk of nuking your   
   main system is to install VirtualBox, then try out the alternative   
   distros by installing them into VirtualBox VM's.  One can install as   
   many distros as one's free disk space allows, can run as many at the   
   same time as the available RAM allows on the host, and VB provides   
   snapshots and rollback capability for the VM's so one can further   
   experiment with a given distro knowing one can rollback to a last known   
   good state to try something again that broke itself this time, within a   
   given distro   
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