Re: Why are .thunderbird and .evolution hidden ?

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On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 18:27 -0500, Marcel Rieux wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 8:05 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan
> <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Like many good ideas, I'd say that this one has very little chance of
> > becoming standard practice, given that each Linux app decides for itself
> > where to put its config files
> 
> As I told Ed, there is more than config files in .evolution and
> .thunderbird: there is data!
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imagine that...

and there is data in ~/.kde, ~/.mozilla and many other '.' directories.
That is a long held tradition and certainly not relegated to the 2
applications you are referring to.

I can only imagine how bright the world would look if you could stop
seeing everything with your tunnel vision.
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> 
> > More to the point, my answer to the OP would be "use a real backup
> > solution".
> 
> What would you suggest as a "real backup solution"? By this, i mean
> something a Mac user could use eyes closed, given that defining a
> solution that all dummies can use will in no way curtail the options
> an experimented user has.
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the Mac user with eyes closed should be using a Mac.

The user that wants to back up his files should backup his entire $HOME
directory.

The end of that discussion.

Craig


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