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minus-square@bobman@unilem.orglinkfedilink1•10 months agoDotfiles are the dumbest thing. I guess I’m crazy enough to believe that things that should be ‘hidden’ would be better off in their own folder.
minus-square@sebastiancarlosOPlink2•edit-210 months agoFor sure, but I think dotfiles has become a generic term for configuration files in *nix, no matter if they are hidden files in the home directory, ~/.config, XDG Base Directories, or elsewhere.
minus-square@bobman@unilem.orglinkfedilink1•10 months agoYeah. It’s fucking lame. I’m just voicing my opinion that things can be done better. The fewer ‘weird exceptions,’ the better.
Dotfiles are the dumbest thing.
I guess I’m crazy enough to believe that things that should be ‘hidden’ would be better off in their own folder.
For sure, but I think dotfiles has become a generic term for configuration files in *nix, no matter if they are hidden files in the home directory, ~/.config, XDG Base Directories, or elsewhere.
Yeah. It’s fucking lame. I’m just voicing my opinion that things can be done better.
The fewer ‘weird exceptions,’ the better.