@American_Jesus@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml • 9 months agoDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.clickmessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1680cross-posted to: programming@programming.dev
arrow-up1680external-linkDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.click@American_Jesus@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml • 9 months agomessage-square155fedilinkcross-posted to: programming@programming.dev
minus-square@chaorace@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglish27•9 months agoNah, dump em’ to /tmp/ and let the user figure out the rest
minus-square@hperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink20•9 months agoI just leave all config in memory. If the user really cared, they would never reboot.
minus-square@CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.mllinkfedilink11•9 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•9 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•9 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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