The diversity of Linux distributions is one of its strengths, but it can also be challenging for app and game development. Where do we need more standards? For example, package management, graphics APIs, or other aspects of the ecosystem? Would such increased standards encourage broader adoption of the Linux ecosystem by developers?

  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
    39·
    2 days ago

    Where app data is stored.

    ~/.local

    ~/.config

    ~/.var

    ~/.appname

    Sometimes more than one place for the same program

    Pick one and stop cluttering my home directory

    • rice@lemmy.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Yea I like how a lot have moved to using .config but mozilla just moved out of there and now has a .mozilla folder outside of it… wtf… It is insanely sad.

      I have actually moved my entire “user home folder”… folders out of there just because it is so ugly and unorganized. I now use /home/user/userfolders/… all my stuff like documents / videos etc in here

    • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      2 days ago

      it’s pretty bad. steam for example has both
      ~/.steam and
      ~/.local/share/Steam
      for some reason. I’m just happy I moved to an impermanent setup for my PC, so I don’t need to worry something I temporarily install is going to clutter my home directory with garbage

      • rice@lemmy.orgEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        that .steam is a bunch of symlinks to the .local one… which makes it even worse. they have also .steampid and .steampath.

        and even worse a bunch of games are starting to add them there too.

          • rice@lemmy.orgEnglish
            2·
            1 day ago

            damn, of all the people you’d think those guys would actually have used the .local or .config =[

            I have 73 dot files in my home directory lmao

    • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 days ago

      This would also be nice for atomic distros, application space and system space could be separated in more cases.

    • arsCynic@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 days ago

      This would be convenient indeed, but I’ve learned to be indifferent about it as long as the manual or readme provides helpful and succinct information.