It’s not the biggest pain in the world, but having all state and config in predictable folders is wonderful for backups. You don’t have to copy each random dotfile in your home directory, you just have a well-defined folder and can back up everything at once.
Yeah, I guess that’s a good point. I do my (with custom scripts) backup and have to add additional directories like Firefox profile manually to the list. I guess breaking up the cache and temporary files from the configuration would be a nice bonus. I didn’t think of this before posting my reply.
It’s not the biggest pain in the world, but having all state and config in predictable folders is wonderful for backups. You don’t have to copy each random dotfile in your home directory, you just have a well-defined folder and can back up everything at once.
Yeah, I guess that’s a good point. I do my (with custom scripts) backup and have to add additional directories like Firefox profile manually to the list. I guess breaking up the cache and temporary files from the configuration would be a nice bonus. I didn’t think of this before posting my reply.
+1 I changed my mind.