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Re:macOS to FreeBSD migration a.k.a. why I left macOS by quotemstr on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @12:30PM (#25267406)
> In conclusion, app installation became a confusing mess!

No, app installation was a confusing mess and now it's been cleaned up. There's nothing wrong with an app separating user-specific data from system-global data. Running an app as a regular user shouldn't require any writes to HKLM!

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Re:macOS to FreeBSD migration a.k.a. why I left macOS by dukeofdoom on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @01:01PM (#25267796)
One of my apps has a dll based plugin system, uses OCX. Requires elevation to install dll files.
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Re:macOS to FreeBSD migration a.k.a. why I left macOS by pjmlp on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @03:09PM (#25269278)
"Registration-Free COM Interop"

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/interop/re...

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Re:macOS to FreeBSD migration a.k.a. why I left macOS by quotemstr on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @06:21PM (#25271386)
Bingo. There's zero excuse for writing global system data for user-specific needs.
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