@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoTo be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary softwaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square151arrow-up1631
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minus-square@csm10495@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish43•1 year agoThis isn’t really accurate for either side. For Linux, I’ve had crap shove configs in ~, /etc, /var, at least. On Windows, it could be literally anywhere or in the registry.
minus-square@atmur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoThat’s one thing I especially like about Flatpaks on the Linux side. Everything’s in ~/.var.
minus-square@baseless_discourse@mander.xyzlinkfedilink7•1 year agoWhich unfortunately also don’t follow xdg-dir specification…
minus-squareHello HotellinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 year agoOr ~/.local/share/${software_name_or_whatever}… Or ~/.${software_name_or_whatever}/ Oof
minus-square@jbk@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink7•1 year agoi love apps which don’t follow the XDG Base Directory spec 🥰🥰
minus-squareHello HotellinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 year agoWhich one is your favorate, mine is ~/freedroid/. 😝
minus-square@baseless_discourse@mander.xyzlinkfedilink1•1 year agoIf you have flatpak, and the application don’t need full user home access, then you can move the folder to application sandbox by setting a persistent path.
minus-square@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoOr ~/.config/software_name.
minus-squareHello HotellinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoBeing the ‘correct one’ makes it easy to skip over… thx
minus-square@platypus_plumba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•1 year agoThe idea of the registry is so freaking nice. Imagine if all the configs of a system could be changed through a centralized and consistent API.
This isn’t really accurate for either side. For Linux, I’ve had crap shove configs in ~, /etc, /var, at least.
On Windows, it could be literally anywhere or in the registry.
That’s one thing I especially like about Flatpaks on the Linux side. Everything’s in ~/.var.
Which unfortunately also don’t follow xdg-dir specification…
Or
~/.local/share/${software_name_or_whatever}… Or~/.${software_name_or_whatever}/Oof
i love apps which don’t follow the XDG Base Directory spec 🥰🥰
Which one is your favorate, mine is
~/freedroid/.😝If you have flatpak, and the application don’t need full user home access, then you can move the folder to application sandbox by setting a persistent path.
Or
~/.config/software_name.Being the ‘correct one’ makes it easy to skip over… thx
The idea of the registry is so freaking nice. Imagine if all the configs of a system could be changed through a centralized and consistent API.