-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andreas Fester wrote:
> I already thought about the same topic So did I. I investigated a bit and found that some applications already save their settings in ".config/$APPNAME". Although I am not quite sure this is the best solution. Why not duplicate the directory structure of "/usr/local", and do away with all the dot files instead? Like... /home/user/usr /home/user/bin /home/user/etc /home/user/desktop (yes, lowercase "D") /home/user/data (for your personal files) ...or more nicely... /home/user/local/usr (or maybe "/home/user/apps", you get the point) /home/user/local/bin /home/user/local/etc /home/user/desktop /home/user/data This is especially useful if you install some applications to your home directory. I strongly believe that hiding stuff from users (dot files) is not a good thing in general. They are fine for lock files, placeholders, etc., but not for configuration files. On a system where everything is a file, there is no reason to trick users into thinking that their configuration is stored in some parallel universe, like it is in Redmond OS. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFprFoztOe9mov/y4RAlqEAJ96Z65lR/1ykd+Age8VwUkU6KfNXwCdFOZp jLMoxvHdWxc+ExLN+gQPG0k= =n1zn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
