Firefox 147 to Add XDG Base Directory Specification Support After 21-Year Wait
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Summary
Firefox 147 will finally support the XDG Base Directory specification after 21 years, addressing a long-standing bug report. This change means Firefox will properly organize application data, configuration files, and cached assets according to Linux standards instead of placing everything under ~/.mozilla.
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The Firefox 147 release should respect this XDG specification around where files should be positioned within Linux users' home directory.
The XDG Base Directory specification lays out where application data files, configuration files, cached assets, and other files and file formats should be positioned within a user's home directory.
To date Firefox has just positioned all files under ~/.mozilla rather than following the XDG specification.
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