This allowed me to have the same desktop across installations messy, but consistent. I first started this back when Dropbox was new I discovered the simple idea of having a ~/Dropbox/Desktop folder, then replacing ~/Desktop with a symlink to the one in the Dropbox directory. If I add a new script or make a configuration change then I want that to be available on other installations as well. I want to be able to work on a project on my laptop and then switch over to resume working on my stationary desktop. bashrc, aliases, scripts, tools, configuration, notes, etc.

I use Linux almost exclusively and my preference is to have a similar consistency across Linux installations the same. Take web-browsing for example With both Firefox and Google Chrome it is possible to keep bookmarks and extensions synchronised such that the browsing experience is the same regardless of where you are using it from. Having certain configuration, scripts, documents and files synchronised across machines have become an integral part of my workflow over the years.

I happen to be one of those guys that have more than one computer, let alone more than one operating systems.

Choosing a sync service for dotfiles, scripts and more under Linux by Stein Bakkeby, July 2019

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