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Give a specific example.

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Nathaniel Beaver
2016-02-11 19:41:16 -06:00
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@@ -1844,6 +1844,18 @@ adopt new configuration files,
keep the old ones,
or ``diff`` and merge the files into a hybrid.
For example, the RSS reader ``lifererea``
puts the list of RSS feeds in
``$HOME/.config/liferea/feedlist.opml``,
favicons (which can be re-downloaded if necessary) in
``$HOME/.cache/liferea/favicons/``,
and the SQLite database containing the actual RSS feeds in
``$HOME/.local/share/liferea/liferea.db``.
This means that backing up the configuration for ``lifereas``
is as simple as backing up the contents of ``$HOME/.config/liferea/``,
and no cache files or big databases are included.
In short, configuration on Linux
is better adapted to the needs of its users than on Windows.
Ordinary users have the package manager