dots VS dotfiles

Compare dots vs dotfiles and see what are their differences.

dots

Dotfiles for winners. Winners use yadm. (by eligundry)

dotfiles

Some configuration files I care about and don't want to lose (by snhmibby)
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dots

Posts with mentions or reviews of dots. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-16.

dotfiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of dotfiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-16.
  • Firewall setting for daily drive
    1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 24 Dec 2022
    On my laptop I don't run any servers, so a simple firewall that blocks incoming connections and allows stateful outgoing ones (seems to) work fine for me! I use iptables which is the standard firewall for linux I think? The script (executed by systemd) is here: https://github.com/snhmibby/dotfiles/blob/main/iptables.sh
  • Show me your well organized vim config.
    17 projects | /r/vim | 16 Dec 2022
    You can look at it here: https://github.com/snhmibby/dotfiles/tree/main/vim
  • Anyone write Go full time using vim?
    13 projects | /r/golang | 5 Jan 2022
    Here's a list of plugins I use, my full config can be browsed here

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dots and dotfiles you can also consider the following projects:

dot_files - my dot files

nvim-lspconfig - Quickstart configs for Nvim LSP

dotfiles - ❤ ~/.🛠 macOS / Ubuntu \[._.]/ files

dotfiles - Configuration files from my home directory

dotfiles - My personal Linux shell settings

lessspace.vim - Better whitespace stripping for Vim

nvim-lspfuzzy - A Neovim plugin to make the LSP client use FZF

nerdtree - A tree explorer plugin for vim.

bedrock

wim - This is a Vim configuration that gets you a similar experience as a full-featured IDE. This is accomplished using native vim features with the help of some plugins.

limelight.vim - :flashlight: All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players