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• Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Of course not, we need to be able to store the huge amount of detailed settings in a OS somewhere.

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  • Aurix@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Linux does with .conf files and directories which is kinda the same thing.

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    • jonne@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      GNOME has their own version of a registry, unfortunately.

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      • FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I hate dconf too

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      • deanne@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        dconf enters the chat

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      • bitwolf@lemmy.one ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        dconf is way easier than Windows Registry though. I’ve only ever had to touch it to enable pre-release settings.

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  • uis@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    /etc

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  • gatelike@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    in a registry though? maybe the registry in windows is so hard to work with and automate that it is the reason that Linux took all of windows market share for computers that do work (everything but desktops)

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      ??? Ms never had a large server market share. Linux took over unix in the server market.

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    • Holdoooo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You don’t have to use it, there’s app data folders now.

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