[opensuse] Re: Sharing /home
Is there any ramifications with sharing /home with 2 different versions (11.4 and 12.1) ? Also, can I sharing the Thunderbird files ? Thanks, Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler@att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 11 years -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Duaine Hechler wrote:
Is there any ramifications with sharing /home with 2 different versions (11.4 and 12.1) ?
There may be some issues with different desktop settings etc.
Also, can I sharing the Thunderbird files ?
Probably. I have done that in the past, using symlinks. Also, even if you don't share a directory for it, you can sync a lot of the info through Google contacts, IMAP servers etc. I run Thunderbird and Seamonkey on several different computers and even the Windows version on one. All are synced. I also sync Seamonkey and Firefox browsers with Mozilla Sync. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:00:51 -0500
Duaine Hechler
Is there any ramifications with sharing /home with 2 different versions (11.4 and 12.1) ?
Also, can I sharing the Thunderbird files ?
Thanks, Duaine
Yes, there can be ramifications such as having different versions of some programs which may have changes to the configuration files. For more information you might read the OS forum:http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/how-faq-forums/un... Tom -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin openSUSE 12.1x86_64 openSUSE 12.2x86_64 KDE 4.6.00, FF 7.0 KDE 4.7.2, FF 11.0 claws-mail 3.8.0 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 17/04/12 16:00, Duaine Hechler wrote:
Is there any ramifications with sharing /home with 2 different versions (11.4 and 12.1) ?
Also, can I sharing the Thunderbird files ?
Thanks, Duaine
We once had problems with libreoffice when there were different versions installed and once with inkscape when the dot file format changed. The libreoffice was about the import of docx and nfs file locking. Once you know an app works, never upgrade it on either box and you should be OK. L x -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, 2012-04-17 at 09:00 -0500, Duaine Hechler wrote:
Is there any ramifications with sharing /home with 2 different versions (11.4 and 12.1) ?
Don't do it. Sharing data files is usually OK, but config files are not. Even data files can be problematic if, say, you open a file with an older version of the program that created it.
Also, can I sharing the Thunderbird files ?
I would not. Perhaps you can symlink the mbox files. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+QeR4ACgkQtTMYHG2NR9UqlACbByYiIrS7z/HqHu+wu3vre261 aR0AoIMPe4SkPT56Miz6axXYheBg0YD3 =QhKf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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