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Idea #1960: Move user configuration and data files to a subdirectory

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #1210: Standardise the Configuration directories. .
Written by Eldmannen the 1 Mar 08 at 00:05. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
It is annoying to have your home directory full of configuration files.

So instead, clean it up by move them to their own directory.

So instead of /home/user/. they're placed in /home/user/.config/ or something instead.

This makes it cleaner, nicer, easier, more hierarchic and structural.

.adobe
.aptitude
.bash_history
.bash_logout
.bashrc
.blender
.cache
.config
.cups
.dbus
.dbus-keyrings
.dmrc
.esd_auth
.evolution
.face
.festival_history
.filezilla
.fluxbox
.fontconfig
.FontForge
.gconf
.gconfd
.gimp-2.4
.gkrellm2
.gksu.lock
.gnome
.gnome2
.gnome2_private
.gnupg
.gpilotd
.gpilotd.pid
.gstreamer-0.10
.gtk-bookmarks
.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
.gvfs
.gxine
.ICEauthority
.icons
.local
.macromedia
.metacity
.mozilla
.mplayer
.nautilus
.nvidia-settings-rc
.openoffice.org2
.profile
.pulse
.pulse-cookie
.purple
.recently-used
.recently-used.xbel
.scim
.ssh
.sudo_as_admin_successful
.sudoku
.texmf-var
.themes
.thumbnails
.tomboy
.tomboy.log
.transmission
.update-manager-core
.update-notifier
.vlc
.w3m
.wapi
.wine
.wireshark
.Xauthority
.xchat2
.xine
.xmms
.xscreensaver-getimage.cache
.xsession-errors

You want all those and more dumped straight into the root of your home directory?
I don't.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #1960
Written by Eldmannen the 1 Mar 08 at 00:05.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #1960 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Ssdg wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 00:10
There is a similar post, try the little "search" field befor submitting.

jschlicht wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 00:14
The whole point of dotfiles is that you don't see them.

What exactly do you keep in your home directory that's hidden besides config files?

guiral.lacotte wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 00:17
It's alway a pain to make manual clean up/backup/etc because all the configuration/data file are hide.
I understand that important to hide the configuration directory but make it cleaner.

~/.config/application_name/something

I have more than 50 hidden file and directory in the root of my home directory and halt of its have helpful name like : .recently-used, .cache, .serverauth.6870


Eldmannen wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 00:52
Yeah, and it be easier to just copy configuration files, by taking the .config directory with you, without have to copy all the hidden files.


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