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Dotfiles matter (dotfiles-matter.click)

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[–] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If anyone feels adventurous, give this little experiment a try:

Create the top level hierarchy of folders in your $HOME
remove write permissions for everyone from $HOME

That way, programs won't be able to clutter your $HOME anymore and it'll be easy to find any culprits

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[–] jeremyparker@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Will things fail to function if they can't make their $HOME/.dumbfiles?

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[–] xnasero@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Terrible advice, do this in a VM as a lab but not on your main computer.

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[–] ck_@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I did not frame it as "advice" though, did I? :)

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