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To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software
(sh.itjust.works)
I use Arch btw
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This isn't really accurate for either side. For Linux, I've had crap shove configs in ~, /etc, /var, at least.
On Windows, it could be literally anywhere or in the registry.
That's one thing I especially like about Flatpaks on the Linux side. Everything's in ~/.var.
Which unfortunately also don't follow xdg-dir specification...
Or
~/.local/share/${software_name_or_whatever}
... Or~/.${software_name_or_whatever}/
Oof
i love apps which don't follow the XDG Base Directory spec 🥰🥰
Which one is your favorate, mine is
~/freedroid/.
😝If you have flatpak, and the application don't need full user home access, then you can move the folder to application sandbox by setting a persistent path.
Or
~/.config/software_name
.Being the 'correct one' makes it easy to skip over... thx
The idea of the registry is so freaking nice. Imagine if all the configs of a system could be changed through a centralized and consistent API.