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Funny all the people complaining about “this makes Mac ugly compared to Linux” meanwhile every Linux tool I install craps dotfiles not only in ~/ but in working
by demondemidi 2y ago
Funny all the people complaining about “this makes Mac ugly compared to Linux” meanwhile every Linux tool I install craps dotfiles not only in ~/ but in working folders as well. It’s a fact of life that tens of thousands of smart programmers realized is necessary.
- k4rli 2y agoEvery Linux tool? Simply not true. Most tools keep it in a ~ subdir like ~/.config MacOS creates a junk file/folder just by visiting any folder. It's not comparable.
- tekknik 2y agoAny linux desktop environment is going to do the same, as the DE will need to store previews and thumbnails amongst other things. Except on a linux machine this data would be stored in some other location that you’ll have to lookup and find.
- demondemidi 2y agoYou're right, I didn't mean 100% of all linux tools, like coreutils. But every piece of linux software I've purchased a license for does exactly this. I think people that get upset about this just need something to fret about, at least in my experience. They probably trim their speaker cables to the same length to match impedence, too.