If I copy the home directory to a separate partition, will the new install overwrite it or will I still be able to keep the files I have stored there safe. I have a bunch of stuff that I do not want to lose and I think this is the best way to do it but I am looking for someone who is much farther advanced than I am to advise me as to the best way to do this.
The other thing I want is to be able to share home directory files with different distros. Is this even possible and if so how would I set them up. I checked the ubuntu forum, this forum and the gentoo forum and nobody seems to have addressed this issue. Any help would be definitely appreciated. Thanks in advance.





