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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
Sure, I have a long list of customizations I do on windows systems as well, when I find myself on one. The thing I like about linux, however, is that linux configuration is very maintainable. I can replicate my personal linux environment on a new linux machine in a few minutes by simply running a few commands. I find automation/replicability of that kind much harder on windows. Similarly, when I decide to change some aspect of my personal environment, perhaps using new software or a different configuration, the changes are very easy to replicate on all my linux machines, instantly.
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Amen!
I've been spending the summer learning more about linux; finally with my own machine to play with -- it's been a lot of fun and so easy to make sweeping changes.
I started off just by copying over from a flashdrive some of the dotfiles I cobbled together since a few years ago on the school computers, and a huge chunk of everything was already done. Saved me hours of effort.
Mostly -- it's just so easy to figure out where settings are stored on linux. No registry garbage.