__/ [ Geico Caveman ] on Sunday 01 April 2007 00:28 \__
> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>
>> 'My suggestion for Linux: Switch to using ASCII XML config files for all
>> apps, highly restricted to store only key/value pairs, and organize them
>> all in a single central location'
>>
>> http://theosib.livejournal.com/1742.html
>> -------
>>
>> Personally I don't think the 'ASCII config files all over the place' is
>> that big a problem. Most modern Linux desktops have some kind of a GUI
>> config/installer. If you really need to find a particular file there
>> there is always locate, whereis, whatis, appropos.
>
> It is not even a problem. Almost all config files are under /etc. The
> author is nothing but another oxtard, who thinks that Mac OSX is God's gift
> to Unix world.
Personally, on a single-user machine, I put many of my programs under
~/Main/Programs. Never did any harm although it has its share of dangers (at
least I get my binaries backed up as well).
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