Yeah something like that should be doable but it would require that programs provide a schema and the OS to have a way for the programs to “announce” themselves so it can be aware of the configuration files and the schema.

I’m sure some project could create a GUI that could cover the most common applications, though.

It’s always fun trying to set up a program, learning the config syntax, running it, having it fail, and then spending an hour debugging before you realize it never even read your config changes because you were supposed to use one of the other half dozen conf files it has spread all across your drive. Is it under /etc/, /usr/local/etc/, /opt/, or your home directory?

And, in the meantime, you’ll only destroy your OS maybe a few dozen times!

There are existing standards. The issue is that there are too many different standards and some programs will choose to make their conf files half standardized, half unique.

There’s INI, YAML, JSON, XML, TOML, etc.

Honestly, the Linux team needs to just choose one of these formats, declare it the gold standard, and slowly migrate the config files for most core components over to it. By declaring a standard, you’ll eventually get the developers of most major third-party tools and components to eventually migrate.

If you want a smart vacuum but don’t want to lose your privacy or be reliant on a cloud service, Valetudo is the way to go.

Also got GLaDOS on my Z10 Pro!

Love Valetudo - it integrates so well with HA and is entirely local.

Apparently it’s Athena Linux. At least, that’s what the hackable vacuums use.

I quit a long time ago without even meaning to.

There was just less and less content to keep me interested while more ads and “recommendations” kept taking their place. At some point I was just forcing myself to open the app each day and just stopped.

If an app, website, or game won’t respect my time, why should I give it any?

WebRTC could be used to provide peer-to-peer streaming. The load on the servers would be very minimal since the feeds would be sent directly from the host to the viewers. A lot of live streaming and video conferencing apps already use it to keep their hosting costs down.

The downside is that the IP address of the viewers will be exposed, even over a VPN unless precautions are taken by the user or the application.