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All programs should tell you where they store config files
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I use linux and this annoys me to, every program just spams my home directory with config files, even though .config and .cache exist and are the standard
Set XDG_CONFIG_HOME= in your environment and most tools follow it
I have, unfortunatly a lot of programs dont.
Right, forgot. And the specific workaround.
Programming tools/IDEs seem especially egregious.
Run
ls -al | wc -l
to see the mess. If you can get it below 25, you have a clean setup.