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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).

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Anybody have a solution for dotfiles outside /home (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by gkpy@feddit.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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on gentoo for example I have accrued a few files under /etc/portage that to my knowledge just have to live there...

right now I basically rely on my backups for this. but maybe somebody knows a clever way to handle this?

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[–] alternateved@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Those configuration files are for managing system's package manager, so I don't think $HOME would be a better place.

[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Then they shouldn't have dots on them (bad design decision) and should be backed up by the system backup/restore mechanism, whatever that might be, not the user's own homedir backup, which is what I assume OP is talking about.

If they're talking about a full system backup including home directories, that's a moot point because I'd expect they'd be included anyway, dot or not.