Hi
As my WIFI decided to become unreliable at the very moment of my recent ORAM update (yeah, Jofemodo warned us explicitly…) I now will start the process of resetting up my Zynthian from scratch.
This brought me back to a topic I felt problematic from the beginning:
User data currently is spread over several directories (big parts under /zynthian and other parts under user home (/root) (where they belong to, according to the filesystem hierarchy standard)). That might also become an issue in further expansion to other systems (amd64).
I understand this is an embedded device with special purpose, but there is - at least - one good reason for keeping user data separated from system data:
It eases up backup and gives us the possibility to scratch and resetup the system while keeping a separate ~home partition intact, just having to remount it afterwards.
That is why I advocate for a consistent separation of user and system data.
/root User data
/zynthian Zynthian system
I fully understand that this may not be an easy task and has not yet been implemented for good reasons.
I am simply asking for this issue to be discussed and a decision made as to whether it is worth creating a ticket.
Let me hear what you think about it!