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To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 42 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] atmur@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

That's one thing I especially like about Flatpaks on the Linux side. Everything's in ~/.var.

[-] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 7 points 7 months ago

Which unfortunately also don't follow xdg-dir specification...

[-] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Or ~/.local/share/${software_name_or_whatever}... Or ~/.${software_name_or_whatever}/

Oof

[-] jbk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 7 months ago

i love apps which don't follow the XDG Base Directory spec 🥰🥰

[-] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Which one is your favorate, mine is ~/freedroid/. 😝

[-] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

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.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Or ~/.config/software_name.

[-] HelloHotel@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Being the 'correct one' makes it easy to skip over... thx

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

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.

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