Star What Sucks About DEs, pt. II: Apple, MacOS X
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 10th Jun 2006 22:28 UTC
Apple Last week's column was basically a rant about things that bothered me about Ubuntu's GNOME/Linux combination. Besides the usual 'I do not experience the problems you have, so you must be an anti-GNOME troll!' and of the course the ever-present 'How on earth can you complain about Free software!', it did what is was supposed to do: bring problems under developer's direct attention (for instance, Evolution's UI maintainer emailed me, asking for more clarification). Now it's Apple's turn. Here is a list of problems I find the most annoying about Apple's Mac/MacOS.
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RE: Configuration Files
by Thom_Holwerda on Sat 10th Jun 2006 23:03 UTC in reply to "Configuration Files"
Thom_Holwerda
Member since:
2005-06-29

This is pretty much the same with every operating system. Ever looked under /etc or Application Data? They are usually strewn with files from every application ever installed.

And just because every other OS has it justifies it how, exactly?

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RE[2]: Configuration Files
by dylansmrjones on Sun 11th Jun 2006 00:13 in reply to "RE: Configuration Files"
dylansmrjones Member since:
2005-10-02

Nice to see you bring it up.

The only reason I can see for not removing configuration files would be that I'm uninstalling an application in order to reinstall it, and therefore do not want to lose my configuration.

However, it shouldn't be that much of a problem making it optional to remove (or leave) configuration files.

I wonder what your directory structure looks like since it can make kids cry ;)

EDIT: Not much fun for me in this year's WC. Denmark did not qualify and my other team lost to Equador... *sigh*

Edited 2006-06-11 00:20

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RE[3]: Configuration Files
by Morgan on Mon 12th Jun 2006 14:49 in reply to "RE[2]: Configuration Files"
Morgan Member since:
2005-06-29

The only reason I can see for not removing configuration files would be that I'm uninstalling an application in order to reinstall it, and therefore do not want to lose my configuration.

That is a very good point. However, there are times when you are uninstalling and want to get rid of a bad configuration as well; in other words, you want to wipe it completely before reinstalling. All OSes have a hard time with this, but Apple does indeed make it more difficult than others.

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RE[2]: Configuration Files
by steved3298 on Sun 11th Jun 2006 00:52 in reply to "RE: Configuration Files"
steved3298 Member since:
2006-05-23

It doesn't justify it, I was just pointing out it wasn't a MacOS X specific problem and should be fixed in general.

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RE[2]: Configuration Files
by sbenitezb on Sun 11th Jun 2006 22:43 in reply to "RE: Configuration Files"
sbenitezb Member since:
2005-07-22

Well, it's sometimes useful to have configuration data available for whenever you want to install the application again. With today disk capacity, and config's size, I don't know why should you wonder about it.

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RE[3]: Configuration Files
by gsus on Sun 11th Jun 2006 22:52 in reply to "RE[2]: Configuration Files"
gsus Member since:
2006-05-31

I think his real complaint is that it makes things messy to have tons of .files or .directories laying about that have nothing to do with installed programs, although I do like the fact that they're still around if I ever reinstall the program.

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