XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: crude@sausa.ge
On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:25:47 -0500, -hh wrote:
> On 1/20/26 19:16, Alan wrote:
>> On 2026-01-20 15:17, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>> On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:14:48 +0000, 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.
>>>>
>>>> In the case of apt/dpkg, you can "purge" the system config files with
>>>> the software. I'm not sure if that's available with dnf/rpm.
>>>>
>>>> Ever deal with kext's? I did a few Macs back, to get the DAW to talk
>>>> to a Motif ES 8.
>>>
>>> I just find it unfortunate that Anal is still replying to me. I am so
>>> tired of his zealoty that I just put him in the killfile. No matter
>>> what Apple does, it's always right in the minds of these people. Even
>>> when their MacBook self-destruct when the TBW is reached, this is a
>>> good thing.
>>
>> Still waiting for proof that:
>>
>> 1. SSDs die all at once because some storage locations die.
>>
>> 2. That Macs with a dead SSD can't boot.
>>
>> And NO: I will go looking in a half hour video to find it.
>
> Not my dog in this hunt, but I'll kibbutz with a Q:
>
> 1a) Even if true, is it unique to only one computer brand so as to
> merit a criticism of that brand, or is it as a universal issue for all
> computers which use SSDs?
>
> 2a) Same question for this failure mode as the above.
>
>
> -hh
Here's a fun one for Anal:
As for the proof he is looking for, I provided it a long time ago. I have
no interest in posting it ad nauseum until he accepts the evidence. In
fact, I don't want to communicate with him at all.
--
CrudeSausage
John 14:6
Isaiah 48:16
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