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Linux Registry Equivalent?

Originally posted by: DirtylilTechBoy
What, in Linux, is equivalent to the Windows Registry?
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Nothing, thank god! 😀

On a more helpful note ... the closest analogy would be the /etc directory.
That's where much of the system & application configuration files are kept.
Also in hidden files in the user directories for user preferences, etc.)
 
The beauty of linux is that it does not have an equivalent, you've got your kernel, then you have your services and applications. You don't have one big registry that if it gets corrupt can cause your entire system a world of problems.
 
The closest you'll ever come is the /etc directory.
That's where pretty much all global configuration files reside.

No huge database or anything though, just a bunch of plaintext, portable, easy to read, textfiles, or to put it in another way, just the way it should be 😉
 
windows used to have just a bunch of plaintext, portable, easy to read, textfiles. Remember .ini?

Didn't take long to realize that everyone leaving thier settings in thier own text file in thier own directory made for a mess and a complete pain in the ass to manage, especially for settings that were more global/cross-application in nature.

Consolidating most of them to the /etc directory and adhering to the LSB helps get rid of the worst of it.

bart
 
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