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   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Alan  wrote at 20:31 this Sunday (GMT):   
   > On 2026-01-25 06:13, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:50:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> CrudeSausage  wrote at 16:37 this Friday (GMT):   
   >>>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:10:07 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> CrudeSausage  wrote at 23:14 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   >>>>>> On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:10:03 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> CrudeSausage  wrote at 17:47 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   >>>>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Unfortunately, theres a LOT of applications that dump everything in   
   >>>>>>> the home folder instead of just using the prebuilt stuff. Still not   
   >>>>>>> HARD to find, but tis very annoying.   
   >>>>>>> My person home folder has over 200 folders.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I don't have that many, but at least I know that the ones I do have   
   >>>>>> were created by me. I never found anything as annoying as every   
   >>>>>> Windows program deciding that it would create a folder for itself in   
   >>>>>> your "My Documents" folder. My understanding was that this was   
   >>>>>> supposed to be a personal folder; why programs were doing anything in   
   >>>>>> there was beyond me. It bothered me enough that I made an actual   
   >>>>>> "Personal" folder inside of "My Documents" just to avoid the garbage.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> A lot of programs, especially ones originally written for Windows,   
   >>>>> tend to do that, at least for me.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It's a common behaviour, and one that annoyed me to no end. The very   
   >>>> fact that the folder is called "_My_ Documents" should mean that   
   >>>> third-party applications would stay out of it. There should be a   
   >>>> directory in which applications can create a subdirectory, not   
   >>>> interfere with the user's own folders.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> I think %appdata% was sorta supposed to be that, but I guess devs   
   >>> figured it was too scary for the end user so they use the Docs folder.   
   >>   
   >> The question is: why do the developers believe it is necessary for users   
   >> to have access to the application data in the first place?   
   >   
   > What a very odd question for a proponent of Linux and openness to be asking.   
      
      
   It's good for backing up data and manually examining it if something's   
   broken.   
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