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		batisteo 36 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox 147 Will Support the XDG Base Directory Sp... > there doesn't appear to be a proper split between ~/.cache (always-removable cached data) ~/.config (configuration) and ~/.local/share If that’s true, the title of the issue (and blog post) is quite untrue. Shoving everything in ~/.config is different than following the XDG Base Directory spec. At least it’s one dotfile less that’s polluting my home.

johnisgood 36 days ago [–]

I agree, because of XDG_CONFIG_HOME vs. XDG_CACHE_HOME vs. XDG_DATA_HOME.

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory.

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