• Count Regal Inkwell
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    12 months ago

    Nothing wrong with the Registry

    It’s a different way of handling things compared to how Linux (and most unixes) does it with 18391823 text files

    But it’s a perfectly functional and sensible solution for storing system configurations.

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      The registery is much easier to break, much harder to debug and much harder to fix, UNIX config is more human-friendly, I’ll never mess with the registery again

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        In theory having a database of configuration settings isn’t a horrible idea.

        But the execution was terrible.

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        2 months ago

        The technology behind the registry is fine (which is what I think @VinesNFluff meant)

        But it’s execution in Windows was ass

        In theory, a configuration manager with DB-like abilities (to maintain relationships, schematic integrity, and to abstract the file storage details), isn’t a bad idea

        But the registry as it is today is pure pain