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@gmail.com 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!
---- 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. ----
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.
---- 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