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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-21 09:10, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   > 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."   
   >   
   > < snip >   
      
   ~/Library/ is "obscure" to you?   
      
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