Also most corp/org/edu networks only backup the
$HOMEdirectory and sometimes even allow syncing them across distros & keep them across version updates, so all the settings, addons and stuff remaib where they are: in said/home/subfolders!In fact most places with a sizeable #Linux-#Desktop landscape will just keep the /home/ directory on a redundant, #iSCSI-SAN and #netboot their #DisklessWorkstation|s via #iPXE, as this way burglars stealing devices most likely end up with a locked-down machine (anything but booting the preset network targets won't work without admin password!) that is a paperweight to them and espechally no data, which is crucial when it comes to #ITsec, #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ComSec.
Cuz it's way easier to secure 1-5 server rooms than thousands of publicly accessible machines on multiple campuses.
- It's also a real godsent for technicians as they can just login / boot into a diagnostics system and quickly see what's wrong if a system has issues (if they don't already see it in their dashboard that collects logs, telling them they need to replace the CPU fan or clean a machine as it's overheating)...
