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To be honest, it is quite complicated now as well with all of the proprietary software (sh.itjust.works)
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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 36 points 6 months ago

I feel mildly aroused when I see a program or a game that collects everything in it's folder and can be used from a USB drive. Some paid, industrial grade software leaves so much traces and depends on so much different hidden files and keys it's making me sick.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago

Any game can be used from a USB drive if that USB drive is running a live OS.

[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

That's deep 🤔

You can make a Confucius meme quote out of it.

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Or if you just symlink /usr, /opt, and /home to that usb drive. You may be asking why you wouldn't just mount partitions on the usb drive to those locations. This is not a question I will be answering

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

That is good... unless you plan on sharing the app between users, then it sucks, because every user has to be an admin in order to change the config... and then, you have one user that sets it like so and so, and another that sets it completely different. And this is why separate settings for users is a good thing. Sure, have an option for a global config, and let that copy be copied to the local config as sane defaults, but not having the option to actually have separate configs in user directories is, from an IT perspective, insane.

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