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Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification
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this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2025
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To be honest, I don't know why this was an issue at all. I speak for myself, when I say it never actually bothered me much, as long as it is hidden and in my home directory. I will change directory to .config/firefox (or whatever is the new default), but I don't know if that makes a difference at all.
It's not the biggest pain in the world, but having all state and config in predictable folders is wonderful for backups. You don't have to copy each random dotfile in your home directory, you just have a well-defined folder and can back up everything at once.
Yeah, I guess that's a good point. I do my (with custom scripts) backup and have to add additional directories like Firefox profile manually to the list. I guess breaking up the cache and temporary files from the configuration would be a nice bonus. I didn't think of this before posting my reply.
+1 I changed my mind.