Two partitions for a live linux, the second for home and other data. It can come in handy, if you’re on linux.

ADMINISTRATIONS PASSWORT EINSTELLEN!

DA FEHLT EIN BINDESTRICH!

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Time flies, where a HDD is barely enough to run a minimal Linux.

You can of course not give users a choice. And a lot of applications do their own thing, having their own variables like GOPATH or a cli option like --config or some way to do that in a config file like Idea IDEs. But implementing XDG from start is miles simpler for all parties, it’s good practice to have your paths and variables somewhat organized in code anyway.

In this case it would be XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/config. That simple.

This standard makes your software’s paths user-configurable, giving users a choice.

And i wish there was a separate XDG_LOG_HOME or $HOME/.local/log, with logrotate preconfigured to look there.

What language? Python has PyXDG.

In shell it’s simply

XDG_DATA_HOME="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-"$HOME"/.local/share}"
XDG_CONFIG_HOME="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME"/.config}"
etc.

Where did i read this… basically, the .file being hidden being a bug in the early unix filesystem, which got misused to hide configuration files.

Offenders despite XDG-variables set and with no workaround:

• .android: hardcoded in adb and i guess something in mtp too
• .pki: some tool/library Firefox and Chromium sometimes use.
• .steam: yes, that

Btw, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory

That’s cool and all but there’s no vintage community for that?

It’s still around and kicking unresponsive windows.

xorg-xkill on Arch, bound to alt+esc for me.

Thanks for the view behind the curtains!

And yeah, dark in the document is another pain point, especially in IDE’s/editors and if you switch between dark and light for day/night. They should just all have color/icon settings for dark/light separately.

What is FDO icons?

Why an application and not the UI framework has to care for dark mode?

But there are Wifi plugs you can command via network address.

I mean, there’s the Transcend SD’s…

I’ll just dump this here.

shell tools

https://github.com/rust-unofficial/awesome-rust https://zaiste.net/posts/shell-commands-rust/

alternatives

• fd: simpler find
• bat: nicer cat
• lsd: ls with NerdFont icons
• broot: smarter tree
• ripgrep: better grep

GUI alternatives

• draw: mouse drawing on the shell!
• imgfb: Draws a farbfeld or jpeg image to the Linux framebuffer
• baca: TUI e-book reader
• Terminal Image Viewer (tiv): what it says
• FIM: framebuffer image viewer
• derasterize: cli pixel to ANSI converter
• cli video playing: mpv --gpu-context=drm
• ts-polkitagent: Polkit Agent for the Shell (old)
• fbterm: framebuffer terminal
• twin: Textmode WINdow environment
• directfb2: framebuffer desktop
• csv to ascii art table via python pandas

Task Management:

• dun: note-taking & task manager
• cubby: encrypted note taking to cloud, with markdown
• girok: TUI calendar

Services:

• matrixcli: what it says
• yewtube: Terminal based YouTube player and downloader

File Manager:

• clifm: nice shell file manager with tagging
• nnn: cli fm with split-view file preview
• TUIFI Manager: cli fm with rendered images in 2D layout
• xplr: hackable, minimal, TUI fm

Login Manager:

• CDM: shell login manager with history
• Qingy: directfb login manager

Others:

• buku - shell bookmark-manager - GitHub
• hyperfine: shell benchmark tool

ease of use

• edir: rename with text file
• mdcat: Sophisticated Markdown rendering for the terminal
• clipboard: shell clipboard manager & more
• portal: cli file transfer agent between computers
• croc: simple file transfer tool via local server, Android Appp too
• transfer.sh: cli file sharing via cloud
• detox: file name cleanup
• ouch: simple de/compressor
• mnamer: intelligent video renamer
• gum: bells and whistles for shell scripters
• pytermgui: bells and whistles for python scripters

specialist tools

• erd: Translates a plain text description of a relational database schema to a graphical entity-relationship diagram.
• LiteCLI: A command-line client for SQLite databases that has auto-completion and syntax highlighting.

• terminal multiplexers are used instead of window managers

Well, there’s twin.

What was the last version of Windows you used before hopping on over?

Windows 7

So what’s your reasoning for the change to the reliable and funni penguin OS?

After years of heavily customizing and debloating Windows, i got the itch to create a custom ISO. At that point i realized, Linux would be less work.

Had to use 10 in work, there i used Chocolatey and scoop to manage my (t)rusty toolset.

• the alternative crowd: Mate, Cinnamon, Regolith

Middle tier too.