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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·10 months agoOf course not, we need to be able to store the huge amount of detailed settings in a OS somewhere.
minus-squareAurix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·10 months agoLinux does with .conf files and directories which is kinda the same thing.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·10 months agoGNOME has their own version of a registry, unfortunately.
minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agodconf is way easier than Windows Registry though. I’ve only ever had to touch it to enable pre-release settings.
minus-squaregatelike@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·10 months agoin 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)
minus-squareHoldoooo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoYou don’t have to use it, there’s app data folders now.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 months ago??? Ms never had a large server market share. Linux took over unix in the server market.
Of course not, we need to be able to store the huge amount of detailed settings in a OS somewhere.
Linux does with .conf files and directories which is kinda the same thing.
GNOME has their own version of a registry, unfortunately.
I hate dconf too
dconf enters the chat
dconf is way easier than Windows Registry though. I’ve only ever had to touch it to enable pre-release settings.
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)
You don’t have to use it, there’s app data folders now.
??? Ms never had a large server market share. Linux took over unix in the server market.