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by wrs 618 days ago
XDG = X (pronounced “cross”) Desktop Group, aka freedesktop.org, promulgator of conventions for desktop apps.

So, neither one really.
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0xbadcafebee 618 days ago
Yeah, I'm gonna stick with POSIX. All systems I'm aware of (other than Linux Desktop apps) use $HOME. If you want to extend your functionality to use an OS-specific directory, that's fine, but $HOME is the safest default. (Same for things like $TMPDIR)
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spauldo 618 days ago
None of that is defined in POSIX, hence the perceived need for XDG.
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0xbadcafebee 612 days ago
It is: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/V1...
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