Bahman M. (@bahmanm@mastodon.social)
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Attached: 1 image My fellow software engineer, It's the year 2024. Please store your #Linux #desktop application configurations ONLY in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME`. NOT in `$HOME` or other non-standard or obsolete places. May #FreeDesktop be your guide. https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/ #Programming #DevOps #SysAdmin

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  • MonkderDritte@feddit.de
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    4 months ago

    Where did i read this… basically, the .file being hidden being a bug in the early unix filesystem, which got misused to hide configuration files.

    Offenders despite XDG-variables set and with no workaround:

    • .android: hardcoded in adb and i guess something in mtp too
    • .pki: some tool/library Firefox and Chromium sometimes use.
    • .steam: yes, that

    Btw, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory