Hi Fritz, Are you sharing the /home directory between all those linux distros? If so you are just asking for trouble IMHO, because although you may be running the same user applications they are very unlikely to be running the same version of their software causing all sorts of headaches with configuration files.
@Felix Miata
Very pragmatic suggestion . . . that would require adult behavior, which is something that I've spent my whole 6+ decades of life avoiding. I just like the **idea** of booting a different linux distro **on a Mac** every day. Like if Stormy asked me for $130K for a few seconds of connection, I would find a way to do that . . . because, um "connection" is worth all of the pain that goes along with it . . . I like a new distro with my cup of tea, etc.
Right now I have 8 linux distros, there are some overlaps in the Gecko realm, so, for my fantasy of "newness each day" I could erase one and still have "freshness in the morning" . . . .
Assuming you have a powerful enough machine and at least 16 GB of RAM ( I have 32 GB and will be going to 64 GB on new machine), then create a separate VM for each distro that you want to play around with. Now they are independent of your main OS and they are also independent of each other. And for stuff that you want to share between the machines, just put that on the host and then share it so the vms can access it. I have a dozen or so VMs right now and 7 different distros installed. None are better than TW in my opinion, but, I like to see what the other distros are doing. IMHO, this simple solution would resolve your issue. Regards, Joe