qaz@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agohome-watcher: Find out which programs are creating those random files in your home directorygithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up28·3 months agoauto installing in the home directory is like walking into someone’s house and putting your feet up on their table. so rude.
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoI’ve seen some programs put their shit in ~/Documents which is even worse.
minus-squarebrisk@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoThis nonsense is why I’ve never set my XDG_HOME_DIRS to their actual values. A convenient button in file browsers isn’t worth the intrusion.
auto installing in the home directory is like walking into someone’s house and putting your feet up on their table. so rude.
I’ve seen some programs put their shit in
~/Documentswhich is even worse.Windows vibes
This nonsense is why I’ve never set my XDG_HOME_DIRS to their actual values. A convenient button in file browsers isn’t worth the intrusion.