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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Dotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories. (dotfiles-matter.click)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Tangentially related: I recently learned that there are tools for handling dotfiles such as chezmoi and yadm. I would suppose that after spending some time on backing up the dotfiles that matter one can purge the remainders without much issue. I also remember some tool that was made for the purpose of cleaning $HOME, but can not recall its name (if anyone knows please let me know).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

xdg-ninja maybe?

https://github.com/b3nj5m1n/xdg-ninja#xdg-ninja

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yes, that is the one. Thanks!