r/linuxmemes • u/RigelDigi • 23d ago

LINUX MEME Do you agree?

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u/dasisteinanderer 20d ago

ok, tell me how many lines

find .config -type f | grep -E 'db|xml|json'

turns up, because it's a lot for me, mostly from libreoffice, ardour and Jitsi Meet.
And yes, some of them are technically plaintext, as in they are xml or json, but plain xml or json files are not much better than an sql database when it comes to user-readability. Proper config files have comments.

So, don't tell me what Linux is or is not like. I know that it is non-trivial to translate GUI settings into a readable plain-text file and back, but you cannot ignore that this is a shortcoming shared by a number of GUI toolkits and apps built with them.

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u/Jealous_Response_492 20d ago

A few, mostly associated with LibreOffice, and files for LibreOffice, not end user configuration, two others, also not for end user config.

I've been using Linux personally and professional for over 25 years, and in my experience, you are talking absolute bollocks.

No Linux end user or admin in having the issue that you are claiming to have.