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Thanks for the explanations. I realise that the spatial file manager is missing these days, but I prefer the navigation file manager. Whenever I use BeOS I find

Thanks for the explanations. I realise that the spatial file manager is missing these days, but I prefer the navigation file manager. Whenever I use BeOS I find the plethora of open windows for each directory unnavigable. You can get Finder to open each item in a new window and hide the sidebar to make it spatial-like, although I am not sure if there is a method of making "open in new window" the default. I think the separation of account and profile is a difficult concept, unless the directory had a specific UUID associated intrinsically with it so that permissions could be applied to objects that didn't know about "users"?

AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
What I'm saying is, you don't need the permissions at all. From the user's perspective, everything is 777. If you happen to have the edge case where more than one user is using a personal computer, and there is a desire to keep things safe from each other, then you should use encryption for this since it actually works. File permissions are easily bypassed with local access and a boot disk. As I recall, Pottering is actually working on portable home directories for Linux. Naturally, the solution is over-engineered and involves a new service and file format.
- 72deluxe 6y ago
  Oh no Pottering at work again! That's what finally drove me from Linux - PulseAudio and having dysfunctional stuttery sound after upgrading from Fedora 7 to 8 I think?? It worked fine beforehand. And then realising I was spending forever tinkering rather than actually getting anything done. After I went to Mac I didn't look back. Now I look at the mess and debate of SysV, DHCP server in the startup etc. and can only imagine that this home system concept will be the same. As you say, over-engineered and unreadable. Ugh.