Comments on: The Easiest Way to Manage Dotfiles Using GNU Stow https://www.maketecheasier.com/dotfile-management-with-gnu-stow/ Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: dragonmouth https://www.maketecheasier.com/dotfile-management-with-gnu-stow/#comment-133278 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:38 +0000 https://admin.maketecheasier.com/?post_type=pitch&p=859175#comment-133278 STOW is a good idea IF every app standardized on the ´.config´ name for it´s configuration file(s). But this being Linux, each app is free to use it´s own name for the configuration file(s). There are .config files, *rc files, configuration files named after the app, etc and they are scattered all over the /home directory. Do you even know the name of every app that runs on your system?

STOW is not much better than manual maint of the config files. One still has to know every app and then manually setup it up in STOW. It would be nice if STOW went through the system and found ALL the configuration files and set them up.

]]> By: Oscar https://www.maketecheasier.com/dotfile-management-with-gnu-stow/#comment-133276 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:55:39 +0000 https://admin.maketecheasier.com/?post_type=pitch&p=859175#comment-133276 Sounds like a great tool to combine all game configurations and saves in one location too.

Linux native game saves and configurations all over the place like somewhere deep inside .config or even in the top home directory. Not to mention wine game configuration and saves stored all over the place in .wine/drive_c/users/USER/AppData/WHATEVER. If we add them all in one location, I can easily back up and restore when installing new OS, or re-creating wine. Although some game service apps detect symlinks and refuse to proceed further.

You could also combine all non-essential game directories like cache directory be combined in a separate fast storage that will not be backed up.

Very useful tool, thank you for introducing GNU stow.

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