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submitted 7 months ago by KlavKalashj@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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!

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[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net -5 points 7 months ago

Did it, to bazzite, pretty painless. Yup, your config is the same. Immutable is indeed immutable.

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 7 months ago

No its not, /var/home is completely mutable, I think even entire /var and /etc are.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 months ago

Ah, yes, bad phrasing on my part which assumed knowledge. The OS is immutable, but those three are mutable. I should also have pointed out it's prudent to spin up a new user if switching between Gnome and KDE due to dot file overlap, I'd be unsurprised if that applies to other DEs/WMs...

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