-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 In article <2d460de70709180243g505de341rda6e8ed6087be90e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> richih.mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx (Richard Hartmann) writes: > > Use ~/.etc/kde4/ for configuration and data instead of ~/.kde4/ for > KDE4. > > As KDE already uses ~/.kde4 , the basic idea of grouping those > files in one common location is already implemented. Look at > ~/.etc as a logical consequence of applying this idea to all of the > user's etc files. > I use something similar: /home/gamaral/storage - Actual content ( this is my real home ) /home/gamaral/usr - User compiled apps /home/gamaral/usr/bin - User app bins and scripts /home/gamaral/tmp - Symlink to /tmp/gamaral/ /home/gamaral/etc - Contains symlinks to backup worthy config folders ( .kde, .ssh, .config, etc ) This way I can just backup what I need and pretty much dump the rest, a kind of backwards approach to your idea. Cheers, gamaral - -- Guillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas (gamaral) Free/Libre/Open-Source Software Advocate KDE Developer: gamaral http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/ TRUST CONTENT *ONLY* IF ACCOMPANIED BY A VALID SIGNATURE. [0x5D297B74] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7-ecc0.1.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHFBZjxxxW3F0pe3QRAiOAAJ9HKrA+3AHKeu1fyvwQ7DL1/QFN0ACeJiEu P3O/9hQI+w1ruoM2gnqmYT0= =r4Mh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.