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As the saying goes, layers are only added, never removed. The world where people respect XDG is not one that can be achieved anymore.
As someone who uses linux to get other tasks done, rather than as a hobby in itself, I would rather have an aesthetically sub-optimal standard than have no idea what's going on.
I think the ship's long sailed. Too much software just throws random crap into $HOME, so it's best to give up. I've resigned myself to the state of affairs and my "real" $HOME is in $HOME/code $HOME/home. As the saying goes, layers are only added, never removed. The world where people respect XDG is not one that can be achieved anymore.
The trick is to use the XDG Base Dir Spec, only if the old ~/.name location doesn't exist. Old users are happy because it doesn't break compatibility and new users are happy because nobody's dropping 10 sacks of potatoes on their metaphorical doorstep
Why do they have Steam installed if there is no desktop environment?
I think the ship's long sailed. Too much software just throws random crap into $HOME, so it's best to give up. I've resigned myself to the state of affairs and my "real" $HOME is in $HOME/code $HOME/home. As the saying goes, layers are only added, never removed. The world where people respect XDG is not one that can be achieved anymore.
Dotfile madness - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19063727 - Feb 2019 (514 comments)
While i agree dotfiles aren't the best, i'm concerned about creating too many alternatives. Then we risk ending up in this situation: https://xkcd.com/927/ As someone who uses linux to get other tasks done, rather than as a hobby in itself, I would rather have an aesthetically sub-optimal standard than have no idea what's going on.
I think the ship's long sailed. Too much software just throws random crap into $HOME, so it's best to give up. I've resigned myself to the state of affairs and my "real" $HOME is in $HOME/code $HOME/home. As the saying goes, layers are only added, never removed. The world where people respect XDG is not one that can be achieved anymore.
I think it is better to think about it as XDG failing to respect a world that existed long before it did. $HOME/.* namespace belongs to the user, but contents are special. It's almost like complaining about Linux enforcing the naming of certain file extended attributes.
The solution is simple, stop messing your home and put personal data in /home/you/personal/ source code in /home/you/src/ The home is not a place supposed to store random "regular files"