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From: Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: XDG and Freedesktop (was: Re: Program to dole out jpg's to subdirctories, card-dealing style.)
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 05:18:06 -0000 (UTC)
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In comp.os.linux.misc, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>     ldo@theon:~> ls -d ~/.[!.]* | wc -l
>     270
> Death to dotfile clutter!

Unix doesn't have Windows Registry, it has dot files.

> This is all implemented in common library code. If the same code runs on a 
> different *nix system, built against the same libraries, then it will 
> implement the same conventions for its dotfiles.

Bunch of big "if"s there.

> These are very versatile things. They not only define clickable icons on 
> the desktop, but also menu entries. And also icons in the favourites 
> toolbar. And also custom entries in the “create new document” menu in file 
> managers.

Somehow I find myself not needing any of those things.

Elijah
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is admittedly different in UI taste