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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by yonatan8070 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @02:57AM (#40757005)
> stored in various random places in the filesystem

What config files have you found outside of `/etc` and `~/.config`?

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by sseagull on Saturday June 22, 2024 @06:40AM (#40757927)
There’s still a few on my machine. The main ones I’ve edited:

~/.gitconfig, ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.vimrc

~/.ssh/config

~/.gnupg/gpg.conf, ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by lelanthran on Saturday June 22, 2024 @12:26PM (#40760167)
> ~/.gitconfig, ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.vimrc

> ~/.ssh/config

> ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf, ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf

None of those settings are going to be edited by a non-technical human, even on Windows.

OTOH, all of those are easier to edit in their respective files than via a registry hack.

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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by jodrellblank on Sunday June 23, 2024 @12:45AM (#40764865)
Changing a setting in the registry is “hacking” now?
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Re:My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore by jodrellblank on Sunday June 23, 2024 @12:42AM (#40764852)
Ones that come with third party software installed in places like /opt[1], ones that go with website folders like .htaccess, MySQL looks in $MYSQL_HOME/my.cnf and [datadir]/my.cnf

[1] https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/8596/warning...

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