Question: I’m running Linux Mint right now. Is it possible to change distro to … for example OpenSuse - without a clean install ?

  • Lembot_0001@lemm.ee
    231·
    2 days ago

    No. But if you keep /home dir intact, that “clean install” won’t be much of a hassle. Or why do you care about “clean install”?

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
      51·
      1 day ago

      Personally I don’t use a separate /home partition. Software versions can differ significantly between distros and this has plenty of potential to effectively fuck up your system anyhow*.

      I use a separate data partition instead, and hook it into my home with symlinks. Pictures, Documents, Videos etc. - these are usually those that take the most disk space anyhow, by a large margin.

      • BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        I just use restic to backup my home (to a local disk as well as weekly remote syncs). Then whenever I switch distros I just restore the files I want.