XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Jan 20, 2026 at 1:19:28 PM MST, "Alan" wrote   
   <10koo0g$1gqer$3@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > On 2026-01-20 12:14, vallor wrote:   
   >> At Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:23:37 -0800, Alan  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 2026-01-20 09:47, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> LOL!   
   >>>   
   >>> Riiiiiiiight.   
   >>>   
   >>> What is "obscure" about the folders used in macOS?   
   >>>   
   >>> Like so many do, you confuse what you are not USED TO with something   
   >>> being wrong.   
   >>   
   >> You forget that I have a Mac Studio, and it is running Tahoe.   
   >> BTW, the 64GB and Apple M2 Ultra processor, coupled with the extra   
   >> storage, as well as the Studio monitor, ended up north of $7K to   
   >> purchase in the Apple store.  (I justified the expense by thinking   
   >> of it as a Unix workstation -- which it ultimately is.)   
   >>   
   >> Anyhow:  On Linux, apt/dpkg (and dnf/rpm) keep track of what has   
   >> been installed -- each and every file.   
   >   
   > And apps on the Mac keep all of their functional parts within the app   
   > package.   
      
   Yes. From the general user perspective it is just one file.   
      
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