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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Cleaning up the whole $HOME/<.pkgname>/ situation for individual app settings (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey guys! Is there a way for me to force apps to treat e.g. $HOME/.config/ as their default directory to look for settings? I want to clear up my home directory because its getting quite messy and I don't even have that many packages installed yet.

Also, any way that would be easy and efficient for use with git for the purpose of backing up my dotfiles.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Might be worth looking into immutable distros (nix, guix) and their home management systems, or containerised apps (flatpak, where you can inject config). A lot of tools are hardcoded to non standard locations so it's kind of a losing battle by default. A similar strategy would be to use permissions or mount certain folders as read only.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, Nix(OS) with Home-Manager is great for managing dotfiles. Impermanence is also nice but a bit more complicated.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Adding VanillaOS as well, saw it a few days ago and it seems like a pretty decent immutable distro too.