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That's LTT in the bottom (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

That is true.

But, due to the nature of how it works, it can be also used to hide data that the user "should not be aware of".

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So can a dotfile, or any other kind of storage. There's really nothing inherently bad about the registry. Its reputation as a place to hide things in is equal parts selection bias, users' lack of technical understanding, and the marketing of "registry cleaner" apps.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago

    But... it is a place to hide things 🀨.

    I won't argue about leftovers when uninstallig, some package managers do that as well, plus it's not really the registry's fault, that's just bad or badly configured installers/uninstallers.

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