Comments by "JBird" (@jbird4478) on "Ask Leo!" channel.

@kylewilson4097 Yeah, configuration is by no means any better in a typical Linux environment. And if you look in a typical .config folder, it is equally messy as the Windows registry, full of no longer installed programs, outdated versions, etc.
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If WIndows asks if you are sure, you are supposed to say "yes" only if you are sure. I know you may be presented with that question a bit too often, and it isn't always that important, but they ask that when you do something that requires you to understand what you're doing.
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@darrennew8211 Linux itself doesn't use any text files, but a lot of programs on Linux do exactly that. Things like icon or window positions are often just stored in text configuration files.
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@darrennew8211 Linux has that same problem. There is a bit of a miscommunication here. Both system indeed have a clear separation between system-wide and per-user settings. But there is also such a thing as per-user settings that are basically system settings, such as file associations, the programs that start when you login, or indeed the desktop color. Imo, some random application shouldn't just have full access to those kinds of per-user settings. That's what I meant with "system-level". They are per-user settings, but apply to the operating system, not an individual application. Linux usually stores system-wide settings in /etc, and per user settings in /home/<username>/.config.
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@darrennew8211 Not really. It is separated between system-wide, and user-wide settings; not between system level settings (i.e. those that Windows uses) and application level settings. And applications are also not separated from each other. A random application can change the settings of your desktop, your autostart programs, and many other things that should be per-user but system-level.
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