11-30-2015, 11:33 PM
I'm very happy with LL 2.6 on my notebook computer. I'm thinking of installing LL on my Dell Latitude D6410 which currently dual boots with Win 7 and Manjaro. My Manjaro install has separate partitions for / and /home and uses the xfce desktop but a more recent kernal than LL.
If I install LL over Manjaro I'm thinking of formating the root partition, but not /home. This would preserve my work data, music files, and application program configuration files (mostly hidden), but there is a potential confilict with hidden system and desktop configuration files. I'd much rather take this approach and then tidy up any resulting weirdness on the desktop, but I don't want to screw up critical system functions, either. (And if there are a few stray config files lying about that are harmless, I can live with it.)
I know a totally clean install is the safest, but I wonder how risky my plan is. Thanks for any insight or advice you might have.
Cheers,
Andy N1KSN
If I install LL over Manjaro I'm thinking of formating the root partition, but not /home. This would preserve my work data, music files, and application program configuration files (mostly hidden), but there is a potential confilict with hidden system and desktop configuration files. I'd much rather take this approach and then tidy up any resulting weirdness on the desktop, but I don't want to screw up critical system functions, either. (And if there are a few stray config files lying about that are harmless, I can live with it.)
I know a totally clean install is the safest, but I wonder how risky my plan is. Thanks for any insight or advice you might have.
Cheers,
Andy N1KSN