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[–] zephr_c@lemm.ee 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You know everything on that site was written in 2004 or earlier, right? That hasn't been the relevant spec for a long, long time now. We use xdg for that now. Configs go in xdg_config_home.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Can't we have both? Like some go there, and others go to the other place?

[–] zephr_c@lemm.ee 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We do have both. That's the whole complaint. There are still major applications using the decades obsolete standard. It was changed because it leaves your home directory a cluttered, useless mess. Also, if you really want your dotfiles in your home directory you can just set your xdg_config_home to your home directory instead of its default of .config.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm sorry I was being sarcastic :D

[–] zephr_c@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Ah. That makes sense. Sorry.