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$HOME, Not So Sweet $HOME
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We could do this already with flatpak apps
Yeah, flatpaks that just write into $HOME/.var are a prime example of how not to do it.
My home directory has its own nearly full 300gb partition, so it could be better...
Not a ringing endorsement. Of anything.
I hate all the cruft in my home directory, but I also hate when stuff suddently stop working after an update, or when all the documentation online talks about something that doesn't work on my system or is not there anymore. Developers are the ones that will have to deal with people with these issues, so I can see why they are reluctant to implement the naive solutions that some ask for.