TheLemming@feddit.de to Arch Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoAfter installing your OS (Manjaro in my case) and configuring it to your likings, which directories do you backup? (or reverse-question, which directories do you not backup?)message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareAfter installing your OS (Manjaro in my case) and configuring it to your likings, which directories do you backup? (or reverse-question, which directories do you not backup?)TheLemming@feddit.de to Arch Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareTheLemming@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIs it possible to tell my OS that it’s always going to have only 1 non-root user and relocate all the ~/.config into /etc?
minus-squaretheshatterstone54@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYou should not do that. Things can break. Your user configurations are stored in .config and Your System configurations stored in /etc/ are used by your system. I wouldn’t recommend it.
minus-squarestepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyilinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s like .config but system wide. It stands for Editable Text Configuration. Some examples is config for Sudo, Grub, X11 or SDDM.
What is typically stored in /etc ?
System wide configuration files
Is it possible to tell my OS that it’s always going to have only 1 non-root user and relocate all the
~/.configinto/etc?You should not do that. Things can break. Your user configurations are stored in .config and Your System configurations stored in /etc/ are used by your system. I wouldn’t recommend it.
It’s like .config but system wide. It stands for Editable Text Configuration. Some examples is config for Sudo, Grub, X11 or SDDM.