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    Moving all my work to linux

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by theZoid, Jul 3, 2009.

  1. theZoid

    theZoid Notebook Savant

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    I feel much more data secure running my vertical market programs in VB, and keeping my data on my /home partition....a serious crash is easy to keep /home and reinstall and/or restore /home...Windows is much more likely IMO to result in data loss...anyone else of this opinion?
     
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  2. mr_raider

    mr_raider Notebook Consultant

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    I started a new practice recently. I create a new partition and mount it on /home/myusername/data. I move all my important stuff there, and create symlinks for documents, videos, photos, etc....

    This way the data stays when I do a wipe re-install, but the settings folders in the /home/ folder don't get carried along.
     
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  3. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    I think there are 2 different points here. One, is that you can create a separate partition in Windows as well where you can store all your files, for which Windows will create another drive letter.

    The second point that could be argued is Linux less likely to corrupt data on the drive than Windows? Maybe a topic for another thread.

    I myself moved all my critical files to Linux and only use Windows occasionally. The only personal files I have in Windows are things that are just temp files that I don't care if I lose anyways.
     
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    This is what I was doing originally for the same reason as you, but I gave that up. The reason I gave it up and put all my files in the /home partition was for convenience since many of the distros have home links(i.e. in the file browsers, save in, etc) pointing to /home by default and I liked the ability to use that, rather than have to point them to my location.
     
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  5. theZoid

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    My vertical market programs won't let choose where to save the data....so it's always under c:/program files or whatever...hate that. For this, I'm putting faith in Virtualbox where in the past it's been easy to move the virtual disk from computer to computer, or drive to drive plus copy to /home...save me reinstalling years of crap....I'll ponder it some.... :cool:
     
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  6. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Just use Windows for gaming, and that's it. It'll be good. ;) :D
     
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  7. theZoid

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    Yep....I just loaded up Tiberium Wars....and, who wants to reinstall windows? especially a factory image file and update this and that, drivers, etc... :cool:
     
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    LOL. Windows always takes WAY more time than Linux to customize. Not that you can't take forever and make Linux way awesome, but to get Windows to the basic level of functionality, it's an ordeal. :rolleyes: :D
     
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