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minus-squaremikazuki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up36·4 hours agoEvery tool author should use https://xdgbasedirectoryspecification.com/
minus-squarepageflight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 minutes agoThat does sound nice. In the mean time, I usually just set up a “real” home directory in /home/$USER/$USER/ which is what gets backed up, and leave the original one for cruft.
minus-squaresomerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 hours agoFor applications that do not respect this, the closest you can do is symlinks.
minus-squareKhanzarate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 hours agoDidn’t know this, this is good to know
Every tool author should use https://xdgbasedirectoryspecification.com/
That does sound nice.
In the mean time, I usually just set up a “real” home directory in /home/$USER/$USER/ which is what gets backed up, and leave the original one for cruft.
For applications that do not respect this, the closest you can do is symlinks.
Didn’t know this, this is good to know