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(I work mostly with rpm based distros so ..) > I generally have no idea where my config files are stored rpm -qc <package_name> > and can barely find where p
by lunchables 9y ago
(I work mostly with rpm based distros so ..)
> I generally have no idea where my config files are stored
rpm -qc <package_name>
> and can barely find where programs keep their data
rpm -ql <package_name>
>And then I download some software that doesn't install itself and I have to figure out where to put it...
Not sure if you mean source to be compiled or a package?
>The fact that this is all only sorta-kinda standardized between distributions
Distributions exist because people have their own opinions on the best way to do things. Pick one you like and learn it.
If your complaint is that this isn't all obvious then I wholeheartedly agree with you. But this is genuinely a simple case of you not RTFM.
- ivm 9y agoI don't want to RTFM to understand a file arrangement. It must be intuitive, like what I see in Finder in macOS. UX design failures like this is the main reason why Linux can't get more than 3% on desktop.
- cr0sh 9y agoPersonally, I'm glad that "Linux on the Desktop" has such a low figure (whatever it really is, but 3% sounds reasonable). It would be like when AOL allowed their users on the internet. With viruses and other crap too.
- foo101 9y agoSo your point is that I need to RTFM to know something that should be intuitive? That kind of corroborates the OP's point.