On Tuesday 23 November 2004 09:31, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > Distros disagree on package selections, UID ranges, menu contents.... > > true but point is you dont lose user *data* You may need to go to some trouble to find it tho. Oh, don't forget not all data are in /home. Many people need to consider mysql and/or postgresql, maybe websites, email held outside of /home (such as in /var/mail). I consider the contents of /etc fairly important; I had to reconstruct firewall and VPN settings following the demise of a Powermac recently. The butterflies that flutter by differemt distros are just the people must likely to have valuables in such places. -- Cheers John
