[LBo] Permanent /home partition

[Stefan Waidele jun.]

Randy Kramer wrote:
> [...]
> I just wanted to jump on the bandwagon here and use it to make a further 
> point--I think Linux makes a mistake by combining the user's configuration 
> files and the user's data files in the same directory (/home/user).
> 
> I've tried to make this point to some people that I consider more 
> advanced/experienced users, but they (or at least one in particular) 
> disagreed.

Did s*he state particular reasons? It would be interesting to know why.

I think the status quo came to be because Unix is not designed and 
optimized to run in a multi-boot environment, where multiple vendors 
(=distros) mess with the configuration.

Unix was designed to allow many people to work on one machine, even 
across the network (or have their homedirectory mounted across the 
netword from yet another machine, and I think this is where the current 
approach has its pros.

And having most data place outside of /home, but linked from within the 
homedirectory solved most problems.

So, while I don't think you idea is bad, I would really like to know why 
your "local guru" said no.

When proposing a change of that magnitude, there is always the danger to 
prove the ancient chinese proverb: "Those who don't understand Unix are 
doomed to reinvent it, but poorly"

I don't want to say that you and I don't understand Unix, but there 
might be an aspect that we have not thought about, yet :)

Stefan

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