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I gave too many shits about my home dir once too.. My only correct way today is create your own home dir inside your home dir to combat this hell hole of never
by ThatMedicIsASpy 2y ago
I gave too many shits about my home dir once too..
My only correct way today is create your own home dir inside your home dir to combat this hell hole of never ending config junk in your home dir
- quotemstr 2y agoIt's a "green m&ms" thing. If the developers can't be bothered to adhere to something as basic as XDG, they're getting a ton of other things wrong, and my life is too short to spend on buggy slop.
- ThatMedicIsASpy 2y agoIt is not really. If you show hidden files there is a ton of junk folders above your non hidden folders. along with more junk like folders generated by the system. I can't be arsed to go look up ways to keep them from returning or manage when I can just have my stuff reside in my own organization. Windows user folder isn't better and Microsoft also adds tons of junk folders (3D Objects, Contacts, Links, Favorites, Searches, Saved Games)
- quotemstr 2y ago> It is not really. Yes, it is. It takes only a few minutes to comply with the XDG spec. If an author can't be bothered to do that, he probably hasn't bothered to make his program secure, stable, or extensible either. XDG non-adherence is a strong negative quality signal.
- ddingus 2y agoUnless they simply are unaware, or hold a different opinion. Frankly, I expect when something needs to create data without prompting the user, that data ends up in $HOME. I know where to look, and bonus points for an easy to manage folder with that data in it.
- mary-ext 2y agoJust because there is already junk doesn't mean there should be more.