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Firefox 147 Will Support The XDG Base Directory Specification (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 1 month ago by maxint@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] soc@programming.dev -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Always good to know that after sitting on it for 2 decades, shipping some half-assed shit was the best they could do.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

The implications would be massive and I do not think most power users would benefit from it being broken up like that. Being able to backup or sync your entire Firefox profile by copying one directory is quite useful.