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Immutable distros and dot files / config files
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Home is mutable, and the mess that at least KDE does (not sure about GNOME) make removing its traces really hard.
I should write a script to remove all traces of KDE on a system, or to back everything up and import it etc.
Find me on Github if you want to help collect all the directories and files.
Its a total mess and can cause a ton of issues. The easy way to test DEs is to use a separate user account per Desktop. Lol.
That is what I feared. Using another user is a solution but it feels inelegant. I wish there were some middle ground, like being able to pin the home folder or something. I'll take a look at your github!
I had another idea, collect the locations (you can create a PR just listing them commented out) and then move the files to
~/.config/kdeand hardlink (ln -S) them to the used locations.Iconsets and maybe themes are also problematic and not directly KDE related, but these are the ones that cause compatibility issues.
I would also like to separate it between core Plasma (what Kinoite has installed) and the full KDE suite, and I would focus on core Plasma first.