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Dotfiles matter (dotfiles-matter.click)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Clearly it’s not an adventure for the faint of heart.