* On 2017 17 Sep 15:57 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > <RANT>Dennis Thompson and the boys really, really, REALLY should have > specified that every home directory have a subdirectory called etc, and > every and all config that gets done in the home directory get done in > the /home/slitt/etc tree. This would have saved a lot of work and > prevented a lot of ghosts of operating systems past, but nooooooo. Wait > right there while I take my time machine back to 1969 and convince > Dennis to do this.</RANT>
As I see it, most of the problem has to do with poorly written software that doesn't gracefully handle old configurations and little to do with how those configurations are stored in $HOME. I'll give Thompson a pass as the problem occurred much later. On the plus side, dealing with dot files and dot directories is much easier than with an opaque registry. I almost always have /home on a separate partition as it makes it easier to do many of the steps you described. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us
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