Translating a linear system to have critical points at the origin?

Fractal20

So suppose you have a nice simple linear system
dx/dt = a₁x + b₁y + c₁
dy/dt = a₂x + b₂y + c₂

and a critical point (x₀, y₀) ≠ (0,0). If you want to analyze the stability in the usual linear method, then I assume there should be some transformation to have the critical point at the origin. So is this system equivalent to the system that results from simply removing c₁, c₂? I see that in terms of taking the Jacobian, the constants don't matter at all. Furthermore, I also see that if there is no b's in either equation of a line, then of course they can only intersect at (0,0) -> that is a critical point as well. So I guess what I am asking is if the linear system for a given a1,a2,b1,b2 but and c1,c2 are all equivalent? Thanks!

*edit
Okay, I thought about it more and realized that substituting x' = x - x_0 and y' = y - y_0 where x_0, y_0 are the critical points. So can one just ignore the constants or is this intermediate step needed for rigor?