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Cake day: January 15th, 2025

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  • Just want to point out that, while it’s a mess in practice, there is a correct place for these files and the problem is that many applications ignore it. Configuration files should be written to an aptly named folder in ~/.config/ (or more precisely, in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME which is set to ~/.config/ in most systems). ~/.local/share/ (or $XDG_DATA_HOME, respectively) is for user data, which is different from config.





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    15 days ago

    If you have backups, reinstall.

    If you don’t, boot a “live CD” USB stick and make a backup, then reinstall.

    Then think about how this happened and how to avoid it in the future:

    I tried updating Kubuntu to the newest version, and it got screwed up the first time,