From Newsgroup: alt.folklore.computers
On Fri, 04 Jul 2025 19:50:03 -0400, Bud Frede wrote:
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
The common Linux kernel shared across just about all distros supports
common standard filesystems. This is one reason why “distro-hopping” is >> a common thing among Linux users, while any attempt to pull such an
equivalent stunt between BSD variants is going to be fraught with
pitfalls.
How many of the people who would be "distro-hopping" re-use existing filesystems rather than re-installing completely from scratch?
Consider that an OS install can fit in, say, less than 100GB, whereas hard drives (and even SSDs) come in multi-terabyte sizes these days.
So it is easy enough to allocate multiple partitions for OS installs, and
use all the rest as a common /home area for user files. That way, you can switch OSes and still have access to the same user files, without having
to copy stuff back and forth.
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