I thought a bunch of config files and Biden hidden folders and stuff are in /home. If I switch, will I not end up with a bunch of orphaned files from (in my case) Debian just cluttering the place up? I did the separate partition thing as is so often recommended.
Yeah, that’s a risk. However you’ll always risk having leftovers from programs, even when continuing to use an OS, simply because you might switch programs, the developer rethinks where they store the config files, etc…
In most cases these files are relatively small and won’t be very noticeable in the long run. However if that still bothers you have no other choice but to cleanup your config files regardless.
Also, those config files are generally only for your own user, i.e. user-related configurations, not program-dependent ones. System configs are generally stored outside the user profiles.
I thought a bunch of config files and
Bidenhidden folders and stuff are in /home. If I switch, will I not end up with a bunch of orphaned files from (in my case) Debian just cluttering the place up? I did the separate partition thing as is so often recommended.Yeah, that’s a risk. However you’ll always risk having leftovers from programs, even when continuing to use an OS, simply because you might switch programs, the developer rethinks where they store the config files, etc…
In most cases these files are relatively small and won’t be very noticeable in the long run. However if that still bothers you have no other choice but to cleanup your config files regardless.
Also, those config files are generally only for your own user, i.e. user-related configurations, not program-dependent ones. System configs are generally stored outside the user profiles.
Thank you for the reply. I may attempt to muster up the necessary bracket to attempt it!