On Wednesday 23 August 2006 10:20, C. Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
I have only two versions running on my system. 9.3 perfectly running and 10.1 amazingly running quit okay. I have tried to link apps like kmail, firefox and Skype to common data sets but have not come further than symlinking /.Skype in my home/cons on the 9.3 version with ~.Skype on 10.1 It works in so far that Skype can be both used without any loss of data on both versions of Suse. But updating Skype is a differnt thing and I assume I must have made a basic error. The Skype on version 9.3 tells me it is the 1.3.0.38 and Skype on the symlinked version on the Suse 10.1 still shows it is the 1.3.0.30 version.
Something is not completely right with my idea. How do you keep common data sets?
Hi Constant, I keep my desktop environments and application versions the same across all three installations. I only upgrade/update programs when I can maintain the same versions across all three. Dynamic 'real data' (Kontact, for example) lives under my primary (daily) system and is symlinked to from the alternate installations. Other data, which is static or, at least significantly less dynamic (Skype or GAIM, for example,) is 'mirrored to match' by hand on an as-needed basis. I know at first glance that it sounds like a PITA to maintain, but the contents of all three environments are always readily accessible. My /home looks like this: /home/carl93 /home/carl10 /home/carl10-1 /home/Documents Each carl* has the same UID, so there are no permissions/access issues. Also, wherever '~/Documents' appears in each environment, it is a link pointing back up to the shared 'Documents' directory. No 'syncing' problems at all. hth & regards, Carl