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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  • davel [he/him]English
    -2•8 months ago

    This would just further complicate things for me. It assumes that 1) the system even has a windowing system/desktop environment or 2) all the installed software is XDG-aware. Most of the time I’m fiddling with headless environments.

    • Eager EagleEnglish
      10•8 months ago

      The spec doesn’t make those assumptions at all, idk where that’s coming from.

      I have headless machines with XDG vars configured and ones without them. XDG compliant software works in either case, but I’m less likely to use a piece of software that clutters my $HOME.