I've long given up on keeping a clean home folder because so many software do this and keeping it clean is a constant chore. Now I just make a real_home folder in my 'home' and put all my actual stuff there. They can use the ~ landfill

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neuropacabra 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I stopped using that software no matter how painful it was some games included. I wanted to play BG2 and the remake from GOG just litter the Documents folder even when running though Wine. Well, no game for then. Pity. I want my computer to serve me and to have my own files where yo want them.

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yjftsjthsd-h 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Doesn't WINE let you pick folder mappings?

	▲	F3nd0 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It does. Run `winecfg` and see ‘Folders’ under the ‘Desktop Integration’ tab. Wine used to link these to directories in your home directory by default; not sure if that’s still the case, but you can definitely change it.

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ryandrake 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unfortunately, many applications now treat your filesystem as a dumping ground for their dependencies and caches and config files and temporary data and all kinds of other non-userdata trash they create. This ship has long since sailed :(

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nosioptar 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wouldn't it be possible to run the game in a container, so it has no access to your home dir?

(I've only used lxc for stuff like WordPress, haven't ever used it for GUI stuff.)

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Retr0id 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I just never look in ~