From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-09-11T01:48:10+09:00
Subject: Re: What Linux distribution to choose for learning Ruby and Ruby on Rails

On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 07:32:50PM +0900, Mark Gallop wrote:
> 
> p.s. whichever you choose, make sure you create a separate /home 
> partition so you can easily install a new distribution without losing 
> your settings.

Also, keep backups.  I've run into a couple of smaller derivative
distributions that will nuke your home directory on install without
bothering to ask if that's what you want.  It's rare, but it does
occasionally happen.

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