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    [–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

    Set your config directory to be your home directory and outplay those apps

    [–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    If plasma could put all their damn files inside a "plasma" folder that'd be great too.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    I literally can't find a single plasma config file that i'd need to edit...

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    I love you all very much but just please be aware that "the floor" is literally where the files are supposed to go, according to the spec. I don't like it, you don't like it, nobody likes it. But that's why it's happening.

    Relevant section quoted for the lazy:

    User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user's home directory in a file that starts with the '.' character (a "dot file"). If an application needs to create more than one dot file then they should be placed in a subdirectory with a name starting with a '.' character, (a "dot directory"). In this case the configuration files should not start with the '.' character.

    [–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    You know everything on that site was written in 2004 or earlier, right? That hasn't been the relevant spec for a long, long time now. We use xdg for that now. Configs go in xdg_config_home.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Can't we have both? Like some go there, and others go to the other place?

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    We do have both. That's the whole complaint. There are still major applications using the decades obsolete standard. It was changed because it leaves your home directory a cluttered, useless mess. Also, if you really want your dotfiles in your home directory you can just set your xdg_config_home to your home directory instead of its default of .config.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    I'm sorry I was being sarcastic :D

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

    Ah. That makes sense. Sorry.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

    Don't forget Flatpak.

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    i understand the linux side of the joke but can someone explain what this meme format means? /gen

    is this pizza guy known for chucking pizzas?

    [–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    They probably just found an image of a pizza delivery guy and fitted it for the meme. I am not aware of any memes of pizza throwers other than Walter White

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    I'm waiting for rule 34ification of this post.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

    bonk go to horny jail

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

    i am the one who yeets

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Meanwhile kde scattering everything in .config/

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