On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 09:57:02AM -0400, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > It (the stuff stored as hidden files) is what I now call "user configuration > data" as opposed to what I call "real user data", which I define as files > I've > created or intentionally captured / stored--things like text documents, > letters, spreadsheets, code I may have written, music files, videos, photos, > ...--in short, things I [probably | may ] want to keep "forever" (for > example, > stuff I want to carry along when I upgrade to a new computer or OS).
For me, everything in /home is equally valuable, and is preserved forever to the best of my ability, across all system replacements. Regardless of whether it was created by a program, or by a human, or a team effort between the two.
