How can rebasing between desktop enviornments cause issues

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I wrote an article here that helps summarize what happens during rpm-ostree update. The same logic applies for rebase operations.

Please note that /home is a symlink to /var/home so pay attention to the pieces describing /var.

Did You Know? How ostree update merges changes into etc and var

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