beagle3

Not directly related, but this seems like the right thread to ask: I've been trying to move from Linux to OS recently, and the one thing I can't stand is the .DS_Store and other files which OSX just throws all over the place, in every directory whether local, network or external drive.

Is there a way to stop it? (installable on a fresh system? I've been experimenting with reformatting, so that's not a problem)

smnscu
This might have what you're looking for, anyway it's a good starting point for a lot of commands to customize an OS X instance. https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles

Edit: AFAIK .DS_Store is only created when you use Finder. In the past couple of years I've only used the Finders to drag'n drop stuff between ~/Desktop and ~/Downloads, terminal for the rest, so .DS_Store files might not be a problem in practice.

Edit2: Google helps answer your original question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18015978/how-to-stop-crea...