American_Jesus@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.clickexternal-linkmessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1671arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1662arrow-down1external-linkDotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories.dotfiles-matter.clickAmerican_Jesus@lemm.ee to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square153fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·9 months agoI just leave all config in memory. If the user really cared, they would never reboot.
minus-squareCalcProgrammer1@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·9 months agoI just hard code all config in the source code. If the user really cared, they would recompile from source.
minus-squareEufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 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-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months ago“Developers hate him for this one cool trick.”
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.”