From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   I'd like to temporarily install and play with a few distros on my box, in   
   addition to my current production distro. I know I shouldn't just point   
   them all to my current /home/user, as each distro may modify config files   
   in ~/ in ways the production distro might not like.   
      
   Searching this ng, I see several previous discussions on doing this. The   
   methods I've found require an intimate knowledge of what data is at risk.   
   But I want to play with distros I'm unfamiliar with, so by definition I   
   don't have the needed prior knowledge. And this is only to temporarily   
   test, so I don't need shared ~/ in any case.   
      
   Can I then simply install a new distro to a new partition, creating new   
   user for it? Or is there something else I should be aware of before   
   jumping in? And are there best practices for doing this sort of thing?   
      
   And yes, I've tried playing with live CDs, but after noodling around with   
   a few I'd like to dig a little deeper and work with something installed.   
      
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   Warren Post   
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