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.
Sometimes that folder isn’t even hidden, either
Really just disrespectful on the developer’s part.
cough cough Zoom. But then, even stuff like yay on Arch has its folder just in plain sight, slapped right into my home directory. Like, why
Doesn’t yay use XDG_CACHE_DIR?
Maybe it’s because I’m using Endeavour? I’m not sure
.config
.config.BAK
.config.BAK2
.config.OLD
.config.bspwm
.config.CWM
.config.JACKAUDIO
.config.LFS1
etc etcFor when I can be bothered to go through and clean it up a bit, I find xdg-ninja extremely useful
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.
Lies. I see no .porn folder!
/usr/local/share/porn
Would that not be under
~/Videos?Not strictly. Plenty of non-video content. Anything on nhentai for example. Or literotica. Or old.reddit.com/r/nsfwcyoa or old.reddit.com/r/breedingcaptions . Or any games, like Beasts in the Sun
I swear I wasn’t this into porn until covid hit, then I spent too much time at home.
A fellow sdr enthusiast!
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.
It’s getting better. I recently removed a bunch of AIX and Solaris specific dotfiles/directories that haven’t been of use for years.
I never share screenshots, my desktop is boring… practical, nothing really fancy.
I just use the defaults lol.
I “spice it up” to look more or less like I want it to and that’s it 🤷 😂.
