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For thumbs.db isn't there just a UI option for it in the file explorer settings? But I think you're confusing "discoverable" with "I'm already familiar with on

For thumbs.db isn't there just a UI option for it in the file explorer settings? But I think you're confusing "discoverable" with "I'm already familiar with one of them." There's really nothing discoverable about '/etc'. There's no consistency in structure or even what type of configuration files are used. And that isn't even the only configuration path! There's also the smattering of random hidden folder crap in your home directory and then also the Linux registry. Sorry I mean dconf. Meanwhile the windows registry is quite structured and strictly typed.

Beltalowda 5y ago
> For thumbs.db isn't there just a UI option for it in the file explorer settings? Maybe? It's possible I just used for convenience to quickly set up a machine. I haven't used Windows in over ten years, and I don't really recall; this is what I still have in my dotfiles repo "just in case I might need it in the future" (together with my old tcsh config and such, heh). The CapsLock/Ctrl thingy certainly wasn't a setting though. Most (not all, most) files in /etc and ~/.config are fairly decently documented and "obvious". You're right it's not consistent or ideal, but I do find it a lot better than Windows. I spent many years repairing Windows PCs for a living and spent plenty of time mucking about with the registry back in the day, and I never found it easy to work with, at all. I've forgotten more than I remember, but there's loads of odd things in there in odd locations. A big chunk of that is not the fault of Windows or Microsoft but the fault of applications though, and in that sense it's the same as Linux: getting all application developers to use your system consistently and how it's intended to be used turns out to be hard. For what it's worth, the registry would be much more palatable if it supported comments somehow (and if many things were actually commented!)

Beltalowda 5y ago

> For thumbs.db isn't there just a UI option for it in the file explorer settings? Maybe? It's possible I just used for convenience to quickly set up a machine. I haven't used Windows in over ten years, and I don't really recall; this is what I still have in my dotfiles repo "just in case I might need it in the future" (together with my old tcsh config and such, heh). The CapsLock/Ctrl thingy certainly wasn't a setting though. Most (not all, most) files in /etc and ~/.config are fairly decently documented and "obvious". You're right it's not consistent or ideal, but I do find it a lot better than Windows. I spent many years repairing Windows PCs for a living and spent plenty of time mucking about with the registry back in the day, and I never found it easy to work with, at all. I've forgotten more than I remember, but there's loads of odd things in there in odd locations. A big chunk of that is not the fault of Windows or Microsoft but the fault of applications though, and in that sense it's the same as Linux: getting all application developers to use your system consistently and how it's intended to be used turns out to be hard. For what it's worth, the registry would be much more palatable if it supported comments somehow (and if many things were actually commented!)