Apparently, Prism Launcher chose to adhere to the idiotic principle of the hidden “trashbin”, .Trash-$(uid), invented by Ubuntu. Even though it’s based on QT. This can’t be disabled. It accumulated 139 GB of literal Trash, fully replaceable, over time. Just … why? There’s even an open issue about this, for over a year, referenced multiple times. I guess I have another point on my agenda.
I’m more of a dust man, myself. It runs recursively so it’s easy to pinpoint the culprit.
[Image source: the project’s README]
the hidden “trashbin”, .Trash-$(uid), invented by Ubuntu
This isn’t some “idiotic principle invented by Ubuntu”, it just follows the freedesktop.org Trash specification. For many users, it can be really beneficial, see also the spec’s introduction:
An ability to recover accidentally deleted files has become the de facto standard for today’s desktop user experience.
Users do not expect that anything they delete is permanently gone. Instead, they are used to a “Trash can” metaphor. A deleted document ends up in a “Trash can”, and stays there at least for some time — until the can is manually or automatically cleaned.
Whether an application like Prism Launcher should use the trash can or delete the files directly is an entirely different question.
This isn’t some “idiotic principle invented by Ubuntu”, it just follows the freedesktop Trash specification
So an idiotic spec invented by freedesktop then
