@[email protected] to linuxmemesEnglish • 5 months agoTo be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary softwaresh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1626arrow-down163
arrow-up1563arrow-down1imageTo be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary softwaresh.itjust.works@[email protected] to linuxmemesEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square151fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish42•5 months 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@atmurlinkEnglish7•5 months agoThat’s one thing I especially like about Flatpaks on the Linux side. Everything’s in ~/.var.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•5 months agoWhich unfortunately also don’t follow xdg-dir specification…
minus-squareHello HotellinkEnglish6•edit-25 months agoOr ~/.local/share/${software_name_or_whatever}… Or ~/.${software_name_or_whatever}/ Oof
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•5 months agoi love apps which don’t follow the XDG Base Directory spec 🥰🥰
minus-squareHello HotellinkEnglish4•edit-25 months agoWhich one is your favorate, mine is ~/freedroid/. 😝
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•5 months 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-squareHello HotellinkEnglish4•edit-25 months agoBeing the ‘correct one’ makes it easy to skip over… thx
minus-square@platypus_plumbalink1•5 months 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.