It's changeable so I don't really mind but I hate the XDG default data dirs used by most OSs. Uppercase feels out of place, organizing things based on mine type (ex. "Video") feels wrong, and wtf is a "Desktop".
XDG Base Directory Specification is not new. come on!
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory#Hardcoded 😞
What does this mean though? Sure it's not new, but does it make it less of a mess?
The XDG Base Directory Specification is a set of guidelines to tell application developers where they should store their application's config files, cache, etc.
There are many applications that don't follow the guidelines and put their files in a hidden folder directly in your home directory, which is what the guidelines are trying to combat.
It certainly can. try
xdg-ninja.
~/.configsuperiorityI would fucking love it if I could put all my configs there, but unfortunately every other CLI tool seems to feel it needs a spot in the home dir instead..
so ya just put so the stuff in there? is there a reason for that specific directory (I'm kinda a noob)
Fine, it's 23:46. You got me to check my PC. Let's have a look.
ls -A ~/
2FAlist.txt Applications aurpkt .bash_history .bash_logout .bash_profile .bashrc .cache .cddb .cert Cisco Packet Tracer 8.2.1 .cmake .config .cups Desktop .dir_colors Documents .dosbox Downloads dump1090 .dvdcss .elinks .face .face.icon .fltk .fonts.conf .gnupg .gnuradio .gphoto .grc_gnuradio .gr_fftw_wisdom .gr_fftw_wisdom.lock gr-gsm .gtkrc-2.0 .hplip .icons iqtosharp .java .kal_fftw_plan .kde4 .lesshst .local .minetest missaurpkg.png .mozilla Music .openjfx options.txt .packettracer packettracer Pictures .pki pkttheme Public .putty .python_history qsstv .qt-dab.ini .qt-dab-presets.xml .qt-dab-schedule.ini .qt-scanList.xml .rnd rtl_wmbus sdr-trunk SDRTrunk sdr-trunk-linux-x86_64-v0.5.0-beta6 sdr-trunk-linux-x86_64-v0.5.3 snapcore.png speedtest-1.2.0 .ssh .ssr .steam .steampath .steampid Templates tmp Videos .viminfo VirtualBox VMs .wget-hsts .wine wmbusmeters .wxlistlog .wxtoimg wxtoimg .wxtoimglic .wxtoimgrc .Xauthority .Xclients .xinitrc .zcompdump zesarux .zesaruxrc .zhistory .zshrcPretty clean, I'd say. At least on this install.
.config
.config.BAK
.config.BAK2
.config.OLD
.config.bspwm
.config.CWM
.config.JACKAUDIO
.config.LFS1
etc etcI never share screenshots, my desktop is boring... practical, nothing really fancy.
Some people are into that though.
I just use the defaults lol.
I "spice it up" to look more or less like I want it to and that's it 🤷 😂.
For when I can be bothered to go through and clean it up a bit, I find xdg-ninja extremely useful
It's getting better. I recently removed a bunch of AIX and Solaris specific dotfiles/directories that haven't been of use for years.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory
Do that for your tools in
/etc/profile.d/01-xdg, make it executable, restart, done. Just make sure theXDG_*variables are on top.Lots of tools ignore xdg, and issues asking to add support get bogged down in backwards compatibility problems. The best they achieve is to introduce yet another env variable to control where the config goes. It's really annoying.
I have a bunch of
TOOLX_CONFIG="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/toolx"stuff in my bashrc.Yes? Most workarounds are in the link. If not, please add them.
But sure, some have none.
