XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Jan 20, 2026 at 1:20:24 PM MST, "Alan" wrote   
   <10koo28$1gqer$4@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > On 2026-01-20 12:10, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >> CrudeSausage  wrote at 17:47 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   >>> On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:39:27 +0000, vallor wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> 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.)   
   >>>   
   >>> Generally, even after I purge an application in Linux, its settings   
   >>> remain. You have to manually delete the folder in .config the same way you   
   >>> would in any other operating system. Of course, it's a lot easier to do on   
   >>> Linux since those folders are exactly where you would expect them to be,   
   >>> not lost in the registry or some obscure folder.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Unfortunately, theres a LOT of applications that dump everything in the   
   >> home folder instead of just using the prebuilt stuff. Still not HARD to   
   >> find, but tis very annoying.   
   >> My person home folder has over 200 folders.   
   >   
   > On macOS there is an organized folder in every home folder called   
   > "Library", and within it, an established way for applications to store   
   > their configuration data.   
      
   I have close to 200 folders. :)   
      
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