$HOME, Not So Sweet $HOME
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We could do this already with flatpak apps
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While I enthusiastically agree woth the whole thing, I can somewhat get behind RenderDoc's "making it configurable would take some work".
However, Flatpak's "fucking cry about it" attitude is why I'll avoid using Flatpak for as long as possible.
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fraid I generated a tl;dr for this rather verbose article:
"Home directories are a mess because too many apps ignore XDG spec and dump dotfiles everywhere. The problem isn’t just legacy software—new apps do it too, often out of ignorance or laziness. Windows has similar issues with profile folders. Fixing it requires devs to actually follow standards, but many resist due to inertia or 'my way is better' thinking. Users should push back and demand proper XDG compliance to keep $HOME clean."
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Yeah, flatpaks that just write into $HOME/.var are a prime example of how not to do it.
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its a step in the right direction. that way all flatpak apps are going to be there, no fuss.
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I hate all the cruft in my home directory, but I also hate when stuff suddently stop working after an update, or when all the documentation online talks about something that doesn't work on my system or is not there anymore. Developers are the ones that will have to deal with people with these issues, so I can see why they are reluctant to implement the naive solutions that some ask for.
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My home directory has its own nearly full 300gb partition, so it could be better...
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auto main() -> intWhat programming language is this even?!
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That just seems like
int main()with extra steps -
Defining the return type that way can be used when dealing with template sorcery - there's no use for it here though, not even for readability in any way.
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my favorite bit is how hostile some are after all this time about xdg beyond a simple WONTFIX https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory#Hardcoded
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I wish everything was put into ~/.config or whatever the proper place was. Oh you're used to your ssh config being ~/.ssh as it has for years? So make a symlink! Everyone wins.
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I have recentlly created a data directory in my home dir, and moved almost everything I need to it. Even configs and program data are in it somewhere I find ok, and symlinked to the xdg dirs (I know i can make my new location the xdg dir for config and data, but this way I selectively add stuff to my now main config, so it remains more pristine)
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Monocultures are great every 20 years, but Spock would say 'IDIC'.
Systemd, networkManager, 'consistent' naming; were it not for bleeding edge vs enterprise, and the packaging differences they bring, you'd only have the logos to discern SuSE from Kubuntu.
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Not a ringing endorsement. Of anything.
