probonopd
Do not create ~/Applications folder unconditionally
Well, I'd like to avoid configurability because it results in complexity. Users are supposed to put AppImages into ~/Applications. Before this directory was automatically created, I kept getting questions all the time "where to put the AppImages"...
Ok that reasoning is valid – unless you don't like an empty unused Applications folder..
Let me ponder more about this :thinking:
You could put a file named .hidden into ~ with the content Applications. Result: It is no more visible.
Have you thought about your users are supposed to update apps?
Does your USB sticks have persistence?
Yes, persistence is mandatory :grin:
still thinking about it..
Problem is, the live user's home directory will be created on first boot from /etc/skel and putting n-hundred MiBs of appimages there is :unamused: ..
Also, I disabled automatic creation of xdg user dirs ( https://github.com/fsfw-dresden/usb-live-linux/tree/master/features/config_no_autocreation_of_user_dirs/ ) so Downloads and Desktop are the only two directories by default..
@probonopd How about an optional environment variable that functions like the PATH variable?
By default, for e.g., if APPIMAGE_PATH is unset or empty, create ~/Applications, and also look for AppImages in ~/Applications, ~/Downloads, etc.
