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    To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software (sh.itjust.works)
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    [–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Linux is confusing for non IT people looking for program settings. It might be in share, local or config or hidden somewhere. On W 10 I just look under ProgramData. Maybe W11 is different. But Linux application devs need to agree on a single place. As users sometimes need to access it for plugins and resources.

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    You mean the 2 ProgramData folders? Altho who the hell puts config stuff there? Anyways, the 2 official settings apps, the 3 AppData folders and then the registry for every little thing Microsoft doesn't want you to edit for whatever reason? And then the countless 3rd party config apps for every device aiming to make this process easier? Yea I totally don't Google where to toggle stuff on windows as step #1, noo... And W11 just has a slightly better 2nd official settings app, so sadly not too different.

    Also who the hell puts config stuff on Linux into /local or /share? It was always in ~/.config (personal) or /etc (system wide) from my experience.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

    Altho who the hell puts config stuff there?

    Permanent configs that should be shared amongst users, yes. Like, for example, AnyDesk stores it's ID and encrypted password there.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

    That horrifies me...

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

    I mostly saw them in ~/.config or /etc

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    ~/.config for local, /etc for global.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

    That is what the xdg standard and file hierarchy standard are for.