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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 5 months ago

FINALLY! :wq

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:


For fans of the Vim text editor, the latest development code has landed support for the XDG Base Directory "XDG_BASE_DIR" specification.

Rather than just dumping all configuration files / cache / data into the home directory folder, Vim can now respect the XDG Base Directory specification with regards to the directories such as for the XDG cache, configuration files, persistent data files, and state data files.

Vim will continue to work fine for environments not setting the XDG paths / environment variables.

The XDG_BASE_DIR support was merged this week after being under review and discussion since last month.

This closes a 7 year old bug report requesting Vim follow XDG_CONFIG_HOME specifications or the APPDATA path on Windows.


The original article contains 117 words, the summary contains 117 words. Saved 0%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] maiskanzler@feddit.de 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml 26 points 5 months ago

The bot says it 'saved 0%'; so at least it's honest.

[–] thingsiplay 9 points 5 months ago
[–] ani@endlesstalk.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

LMAO vim is such a garbage. GNU Emacs had XDG for years already. Do yourself a favor and switch to Emacs

[–] ashley@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

But I like vim