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Immutable distros and dot files / config files
(lemmy.world)
I'm using Fedora Kinoite since a while, and I really like it. There's just one thing I don't understand, and have a hard time finding an answer to.
What happens in my home directory if I rebase to Silverblue? Like, Gnome and its apps comes with a lot of config files. If I then roll back to Kinoite, will all those files and folders still be there? How can I prevent this cluttering of files and folders that I don't want to keep? I guess the easy answer would be to create a new user and then delete that home directory after rolling back, but I'm wondering if something else will happen. Thank you!
Very important point.
This is also why you should not use toolbox but distrobox, and use a different home directory than your own.
Otherwise different OS versions etc. will give you dotfile conflicts like hell.