@ilobmirt ooh - thank you! this is really good to know about tbh

@pharmafemboy yeah it really is - and I’m sure a lot of programs are stuck using other config file locations because a ton of infrastructure is relying on it being there. also I still haven’t gotten used to all of the Linux dirs and what they mean if you couldn’t tell lol

but maybe if all software from now on uses the XDG spec (maybe this part is wishful thinking), then a wheres-the-conf tool would only need to have a hardcoded list of other things that don’t follow that spec! that would be really nice

@pharmafemboy I would love if they did that omg. and ideally I’d love if they named the config file after the program lol because I just learned that in order to configure plocate I need to edit /etc/updatedb.conf which I never would have guessed

I’d also really love a command that’s like:

$ what-installed locate
The locate command at /usr/bin/locate was installed from the plocate package using apt

$ what-installed jj
The jj command at ~/.cargo/bin/jj was installed for the current user using cargo (/usr/bin/cargo). It's from the jujutsu package

$ what-installed cargo
The cargo command at /usr/bin/cargo was installed using rustup at /usr/bin/rustup

$ what-installed rustup
The rustup command at /usr/bin/rustup was installed from the rustup package using apt

Linux should really have a standardized way to figure out where the config files are for something

like imagine if I installed plocate and then I just typed wheres-the-conf plocate and it said:

The system-wide config file for plocate can be found at:

/etc/proc/systemd/opt/usr/whatever/

Your user config file for plocate is at:

~/.local/bin/usr/opt/whatever/

The documentation for these config files can be found at:

https://www.plocatedocs.org/config-files.html

when I’m using WSL I basically just don’t configure anything because it’s so much trouble hunting around for where to find anything - and even after I’ve found it I then also have to search for the docs on what options are available and what they mean and that’s just so inconvenient idk

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I'm currently working on a digital piece with the following goal: "Put some creatures from the Metroid games, into the world of Horizon Zero Dawn".

Ngl, a really fun challenge!

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You don't have to justify it to them or to anyone else.

Reminder for myself and for anyone else who needs it.

@tropicaltrevor I’m glad that you like it so much! to be honest I think of cooking as a form of art, but it’s a very interesting art form because it’s ephemeral, we need it to live, and it’s scarce. it’s one of the only remaining art forms that can’t be infinitely reproduced and shared

@shijikori that is a really good point. even for the artists who do end up sharing their art publicly later in life, I’m sure they started by doing so much sketching and doodling. and they probably do a bunch of that in between the things that they post publicly as well

imagine if we had a culture where art wasn’t something that was mass-distributed to the entire world over the internet - but was something that we made and shared with only those we felt safest with, like a home-cooked meal. I’m not sure if that would necessarily be worse than what we have now