Hello all,
I am planning to switch from 64bit Kubuntu 7.10 to SimplyMEPIS 7 when the final release comes out. In my current setup, I have / and /home installed on separate partitions, so my plan is to reformat and install Mepis on /, while preserving my data and personal settings on /home.
I've received feedback from the Mepis forums that I might run into problems if I keep the settings contained in the hidden directories of my home directory (e.g. ~/.kde). The consensus advice was to backup and then delete these hidden directories before the Mepis install, then copy back the minimum number of hidden directories I needed (e.g. my kmail and kaddressbook directories from ~/.kde/share/apps).
My preference is to preserve as many of my settings from my current Kubuntu install as possible by keeping all the hidden directories in my home directory. My impression is that Mepis and Kubuntu do have some differences in their directory structure, but wouldn't those differences all be in other system directories, e.g. /etc? Put another way, isn't the directory structure of the ~/.kde directories determined by the individual apps and not the distro? If so, why would keeping these directories cause a problem?
Advice and shared experiences about these factors in making a distro switch are sincerely appreciated.
I am planning to switch from 64bit Kubuntu 7.10 to SimplyMEPIS 7 when the final release comes out. In my current setup, I have / and /home installed on separate partitions, so my plan is to reformat and install Mepis on /, while preserving my data and personal settings on /home.
I've received feedback from the Mepis forums that I might run into problems if I keep the settings contained in the hidden directories of my home directory (e.g. ~/.kde). The consensus advice was to backup and then delete these hidden directories before the Mepis install, then copy back the minimum number of hidden directories I needed (e.g. my kmail and kaddressbook directories from ~/.kde/share/apps).
My preference is to preserve as many of my settings from my current Kubuntu install as possible by keeping all the hidden directories in my home directory. My impression is that Mepis and Kubuntu do have some differences in their directory structure, but wouldn't those differences all be in other system directories, e.g. /etc? Put another way, isn't the directory structure of the ~/.kde directories determined by the individual apps and not the distro? If so, why would keeping these directories cause a problem?
Advice and shared experiences about these factors in making a distro switch are sincerely appreciated.
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