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   From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   So say you side-load a Mac app.  You usually get a .dmg   
   which you mount, then drag the app folder on top of the handy   
   alias for the system app folders.   
      
   That's fine, but what if you want to uninstall?  There doesn't   
   seem to be much of a package manager involved.   
      
   But on Linux, apps are in packages that are tracked by the   
   system.  When you uninstall an app on Linux, the default is   
   to take away the app without touching config files -- but   
   with the apt/dpkg "purge" option, the package system will   
   clean out the config files, too.   
      
   (Not user dot-files though, those are yours to keep.)   
      
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