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513 points pierrelf | 3 comments | 20 Dec 24 17:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bisby ◴[20 Dec 24 21:02 UTC] No.42474981[source]▶
Launching the Linux release and noticed in the logs:

Directories:User Directory: /home/bisby/Grayjay

And there is a directory there now. I absolutely hate having stuff automatically create anything in my home directory like this. Ideally, this should be following XDG directory guidelines on linux: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/

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ThatMedicIsASpy ◴[21 Dec 24 11:46 UTC] No.42479118[source]▶
I gave too many shits about my home dir once too..

My only correct way today is create your own home dir inside your home dir to combat this hell hole of never ending config junk in your home dir

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1. quotemstr ◴[21 Dec 24 15:53 UTC] No.42480341[source]▶
It's a "green m&ms" thing. If the developers can't be bothered to adhere to something as basic as XDG, they're getting a ton of other things wrong, and my life is too short to spend on buggy slop.
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2. ThatMedicIsASpy ◴[21 Dec 24 19:22 UTC] No.42481606[source]▶
It is not really. If you show hidden files there is a ton of junk folders above your non hidden folders. along with more junk like folders generated by the system. I can't be arsed to go look up ways to keep them from returning or manage when I can just have my stuff reside in my own organization. Windows user folder isn't better and Microsoft also adds tons of junk folders (3D Objects, Contacts, Links, Favorites, Searches, Saved Games)
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3. quotemstr ◴[21 Dec 24 19:33 UTC] No.42481658[source]▶
> It is not really.

Yes, it is. It takes only a few minutes to comply with the XDG spec. If an author can't be bothered to do that, he probably hasn't bothered to make his program secure, stable, or extensible either. XDG non-adherence is a strong negative quality signal.