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[geier22]

I have a triple-boot system (Debian Testing Xfce / KDE / Gnome).

I would like to access the same library data from all systems.
As far as I understand, these data are stored in ~ / .jriver / Media Center 25 /.

Is it possible with a symlink of all systems to access a central directory?

I do that with all data directories, as well as with all browsers and different programs.
So I always have equivalent data available and only need to backup once.

I have not dared to do that with Mediacenter.

Does something speak against it ?

Can problems arise?

[Awesome Donkey]

I suspect that won't work because of how licensing works in JRiver Media Center. It'd likely lose the license every time you opened the shared MC on a different Debian install.

I have to ask, why three different Debian installs for each desktop environment? You can install all the desktop environments under one install - I have both GNOME and KDE Plasma installed under Arch Linux (and had Cinnamon as well too previously), and they don't clash with each other at all and co-exist pretty well.

[geier22]

I suspect that won't work because of how licensing works in JRiver Media Center. It'd likely lose the license every time you opened the shared MC on a different Debian install.

Thanks for the answer. I had guessed that.

I have to ask, why three different Debian installs for each desktop environment? You can install all the desktop environments under one install - I have both GNOME and KDE Plasma installed under Arch Linux (and had Cinnamon as well too previously), and they don't clash with each other at all and co-exist pretty well.

The reason is simple: It has been my experience that it is not the case that the existence of different desktops in a system is always without problems. I have been using Xfce Debian Testing for 5 years. Xfce is extremely stable and is my production system. Neither KDE nor Gnome have this stability. Testing can sometimes cause problems that are difficult to solve with a mix of different desktops. Xfce runs into this time without a reinstall. Jessie -> Stretch -> Buster -> Bullseye. Neither KDE nor Gnome survived this period.

[BryanC]

Thanks for the answer. I had guessed that.The reason is simple: It has been my experience that it is not the case that the existence of different desktops in a system is always without problems. I have been using Xfce Debian Testing for 5 years. Xfce is extremely stable and is my production system. Neither KDE nor Gnome have this stability. Testing can sometimes cause problems that are difficult to solve with a mix of different desktops. Xfce runs into this time without a reinstall. Jessie -> Stretch -> Buster -> Bullseye. Neither KDE nor Gnome survived this period.

You would be much better off using VMs. SPICE feels practically bare metal.

[geier22]

You would be much better off using VMs. SPICE feels practically bare metal.

But the problem of shared data pool persists even with VMs - and the solution is much more complex than a symlink.
I have a lot of VMs. Eg several Windows VMs for different tasks.
But there are always only individual folders that I share with the host (VirtualBox).
Shared Folders of a Windows VM with a Linux host with KVM / Qemu are a horror.

[BryanC]

But the problem of shared data pool persists even with VMs - and the solution is much more complex than a symlink.
I have a lot of VMs. Eg several Windows VMs for different tasks.
But there are always only individual folders that I share with the host (VirtualBox).
Shared Folders of a Windows VM with a Linux host with KVM / Qemu are a horror.

You should be using CIFS/SMB. A single SMB server can be shared among many VMs.