[ale] One home directory

James Sumners james.sumners at gmail.com
Tue Oct 13 13:30:26 EDT 2009


Maybe http://www.getdropbox.com/ ?

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Chris Fowler
<cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
> Okay,
>
> My heart has stopped racing.  I've found my file.
>
> The problem I'm facing is how I keep every thing.  For example I nede to
> reinstall Ubuntu 9.04 on my desktop.  What I'll do is I'll boot into
> live mode and then create a directory /Ubuntu9.04.  I'll copy everything
> I have now into that directory for backup then do an install without
> formating.
>
> Over time I end up with home directories all over the place.  I'll end
> up searching 4 machines looking for stuff in these old homes.
>
> What I'd like to do is buy a 8+GB USB stick and make that my home
> directory.  Or somehow sync my 9.04 laptop home to desktop home.
>
> Ideas?



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