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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Dotfiles matter! Please stop dumping files in users’ $HOME directories. (dotfiles-matter.click)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One of my greatest pet peeves is random folders appearing in my home folder. Thanks for this

[–] [email protected] 68 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

Let's count them. (not including legacy or standard locations like .local, .config, or .cache, .ssh, and shell configuration files

.aws
.azure
.bun
.byobu
.cargo
.dbus
.docker
.dokku
.keychain
.kube
.minikube
.motd_shown
.node_repl_history
.npm
.nuxt
.nuxtrc
.nvm
.oh-my-zsh
.pack
.psql_history
.pyenv
.python_history
.redhat
.ruff_cache
.rustup
.selected_editor
.sqlite_history
.sudo_as_admin_successful
.tmux.conf
.tox
.ts_node_repl_history
.vim
.viminfo
.vimrc
.vscode-server
.wget-hsts
.yarn

And a couple more, non-hidden files for Go.

go
sdk/go1.20

[–] darcy 29 points 10 months ago

i can almost ignore the hidden ones, but ~/go? no thats just rude

[–] darcy 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

afaik, tmux can use ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf or something, if ~/.tmux is not found

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Neat! Git has the same behavior.

[–] mod 5 points 10 months ago

If these were links to issues that could be reacted to, I'd totally do that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Is it a problem to change this?