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Subject: Re: Does Dimdows Know What Time It Is?
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Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote at 11:57 this Friday (GMT):
> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this post; take it under advisement:
>
>> On 4 Oct 2024 05:22:19 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>> Linux wasn't any better with xorg.conf and the rest.
>>
>> On Linux, they are all text files. Not only can you understand their 
>> contents, you can use diff between different versions to see what has 
>> changed, and copy/paste accordingly.
>
> One issue, however, is that an application can search a number of paths to
> find a configuration: /etc/, /usr/share, /usr/lib, and the user's HOME or
> HOME/.config or HOME/.local.
>
> About as silly as the Redundant Registry!


I think it's more so the sysadmin can define a global default if the
users haven't?
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