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   Batchman to Carlos E.R.   
   Re: Share 15.3 home with 15.4   
   31 Oct 22 19:56:15   
   
   From: batchman@dosville.foo   
      
   On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 22:46:03 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > On 2022-10-30 20:50, Batchman wrote:   
   >> Want to retain 15.3 simply as a backup, using 15.4 for every day use.   
   >> Would such a system work?   
   >   
   > Simple answer: NO.   
   >   
   > In text mode, very possibly yes. In a complex GUI such as Plasma, Gnome,   
   > XFCE, there are a myriad configurations, and it is very possible that   
   > some setting in 15.4 would conflict with another one in 15.3 and result   
   > in corruption somewhere, crashes, or who knows what.   
      
   Those kind of possibilities have been concerning me.   
   >   
   > You can share the partition IF you use different user names, so that the   
   > home folders are different.   
      
   Thanks for your very detailed reply!   
      
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