On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:24:10 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > Major versions, yes, but not minor versions. The problems occur when > > you upgrade one distro to a later minor version, run it, then go back > > to the older version. config files are intended to be > > backward-compatible, not forward-compatible. This isn't urban myth, I > > have experienced it. > > and which desktop environment breaks compatibility in minor versions? > I had some config breakage between KDE3.4 and 3.5 related to some 3rd > party decoration/theme, but in the minor versions, it shouldn't matter.
KDE, especially if one of the distros uses a customised version. Running Gentoo and Mandrake with a shared home directory broke things in very short order. Using separate home directories on a single shared partition gave no such problems. Every distro is different (otherwise, what would be the point?) so sharing config files is always going to be risky. -- Neil Bothwick OS/2: Obsolete Soon, Too
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