Re: [LI] 2 distros, one computer

[Atul Chitnis <achitnis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, DigitelNet Systems wrote:

> I do think it is okay if the distros differ in verson only and not in
> companies, ie, it is not too safe to share a /home across RH and SLW, cause
> they may be using different syntax for rc files etc as well as paths. but if
> the systems are customised and strictly administered, it is possible and no
> big techie reason is there that you should not try it out.

I wouldn't bank on it. RedHat Linux 5.2 didn't have KDE included, but
everyone and his uncle installed it anyway (either downloaded or installed
from one of our CDs). This resulted KDE going to /opt/kde (as God hath
ordained).

Some joker at RedHat took the File Syste,m Standards too literally and
this resulted in KDE binaries going into /usr/bin, config files in
/usr/share, etc. starting RHL 6.0.

This was what did some fairly...uh...unspeakable things to my programs
when I shared /home.

Atul


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