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		KTibow on April 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023... In theory, all applications following XDG would also solve the problem, as it has only 1 configuration directory. (Although I admit some apps use the data directory which brings it up to 2)

SAI_Peregrinus on April 19, 2024 [–]

XDG isn't enforced, it's voluntary. So there will always be lots of applications not following it.

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