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   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:28:27 +0000, vallor wrote:   
      
   > At Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:19:28 -0800, Alan  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > But not their config files, according to   
   >   
   > <696fe2ea$1$22$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>   
      
   This is what I meant by "obscure folder."   
      
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