XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: vallor@vallor.earth
At 21 Jan 2026 17:10:59 GMT, 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 >
Didn't seem that obscure to me:
For the user:
Linux: ~/.config/
MacOS: ~/Library/
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