@American_Jesus to Linux@lemmy.ml • 8 months agoDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.clickmessage-square160arrow-up1698arrow-down19cross-posted to: programming@programming.dev
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minus-square@chaorace@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish26•8 months agoNah, dump em’ to /tmp/ and let the user figure out the rest
minus-square@hperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink19•8 months agoI just leave all config in memory. If the user really cared, they would never reboot.
minus-square@CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.mllinkfedilink10•8 months agoI just hard code all config in the source code. If the user really cared, they would recompile from source.
minus-square@Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink2•8 months agoI deliberately run / and /home as tmpfs. Then everything I want to persist across boots gets symlinked in at system start, and anything I didn’t opt in to saving gets deleted every boot.
minus-square@hperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•8 months ago“Developers hate him for this one cool trick.”
Nah, dump em’ to /tmp/ and let the user figure out the rest
I just leave all config in memory. If the user really cared, they would never reboot.
I just hard code all config in the source code. If the user really cared, they would recompile from source.
A suckless fan I see
I deliberately run / and /home as tmpfs. Then everything I want to persist across boots gets symlinked in at system start, and anything I didn’t opt in to saving gets deleted every boot.
“Developers hate him for this one cool trick.”
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