How to distro hop without killing yourself | Linux Today

How to distro hop without killing yourself

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Abhishek
Jun 3, 2010

[ Thanks to abhi
for this link. ]

“As a linux lover I always keep on trying new distros
and flavors.The process is fun but it comes with a catch which is
losing all your files,settings etc.A few months back I’ve managed
to cut that problem by using a few free syncing services available
online and some custom partitioning.This gives me total freedom to
hop between distros without losing any of my customizations and
settings.

“Here’s what I keep in sync:

* Important Files,Documents,Photos
* Bookmarks
* Previously opened browser tabs”


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