Okay UNIX/BSD/Linux People, which do you prefer?

[neonutopia@mastodon.pub.solar]

@nuintari I used silverblue for a long time, and I think its convention of /var/home makes the most sense. After all, your user folder is sort of like your own personal database.

[otagi@mastodon.cloud]

@nuintari @catsalad I wouldn’t feel at home without the branch name in the prompt. (using starship.rs)

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@WhyNotZoidberg @nuintari
You mean C:\HOME? Or is it B:\HOME?

That was how it was written on the OS that couldn't handle spaces.

[fritzadalis@infosec.exchange]

@nuintari
/root

[nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@neonutopia /var is technically for temporary and transient files, at least according to hier(7) on FreeBSD. There is nothing temporary about most of my $HOME.

[nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@leeloo @WhyNotZoidberg That isn't an OS, that is the most successful computer virus of all time.

[nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@otagi @catsalad Probably makes more sense for people who spend more time developing than I. I spend my time spread across dozens of machines, I can't stay sane without the hostname in my prompt. Similar problem, similar solution.

[joschi@hachyderm.io]

@christopherkunz @nuintari @catsalad Nah, just use Starship. 😉
https://starship.rs/

[nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@joschi @christopherkunz @catsalad That is what it was called! Oh god, how completely terrible.

[neonutopia@mastodon.pub.solar]

@nuintari huh, OK. I guess I see a lot of databases there anyway, but maybe its the databases that are not in the right place.

[nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@neonutopia Yeah, the fact that most databases end up there is more likely because they don't really fit anywhere when you literally follow hier(7).

And calling a home directory a database would likely make my CS 462 professor's head explode.

[thorium@social.linux.pizza]

@nuintari Everyone knows that there is no place like /home.

[nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@Thorium

127.0.0.1

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I'm a network guy first.