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!

  • Pantherina@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    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.

    • KlavKalashj@lemmy.worldOP
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      9 months ago

      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!