I like to install/experiment with a lot of software on my system. Over time, this results in a system which I don't know what is installed, when, or why. As well as a large collections of dotfiles that I don't know if I need anymore.
I think a valid solution would be to use container-like things to segregate everything. I could spin up a new container-thing that would look like arch, install packages for test, then delete the container-thing along with all files on it when I don't need it for a completely clean uninstall.
I don't think Linux has something that looks like the Windows registry, so I believe isolating just the filesystem is enough.
Full virtual machines are probably overkill. Containers I'm not sure, but I think that would make it more difficult to use GUI applications. What technology should I use to achieve this? Should I even achieve this or do I just get better at managing my system?
#How to contain applications?
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I'd personally go with distrobox because it's the most versatile, but it also allows access to your home folder so that doesn't solve the dotfile problem.
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I'd personally go with distrobox because it's the most versatile, but it also al...
you can solve this too with distrobox
distrobox supports you setting a custom home dir for your container