Multiple Distro's

[Jim Laughlan]

Is it possible to install another distro and keep/use the existing home folder that's already installed in the first distro? Dumb question, but a dumb one is one that's never asked.

Regards
Jim

 

[DevynCJohnson]

Yes, you may have multiple distros installed (this is called multibooting). Each system will have its own home, unless you would like to set it up to share /home/.

 

[pane-free]

Yes. Just keep the /home partition intact and do not format it when installing the new distro. Or are you speaking of sharing a /home between two different distros?
If the latter, it can be done by altering the /etc/fstab configuration file, but distros should be of a similar or same families (i.e. Debian/ubuntu) I would think.