1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Toksyuryel (toksyuryel) http://rainbowdash.net/toksyuryel http://rainbowdash.net/notice/2217706 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/27390" class="url" title="Dominic Fandrey"><span class="fn nickname">kamikaze</span></a></span> It makes it portable between systems and OS's, and separates it from whatever problems may plague the rest of the OS. If the OS needs to be reinstalled or replaced there's no danger of losing /home, and you can easily move it from one OS to another.