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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).

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[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be fair here, appdata is technically a hidden folder and there are lots of reasons an app would want it's data accessable by the user.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Yes but then just spam the documents folder like anyone else, don’t hoard the home root for no reason except that is a lazy cross platform port