Cleaning up home.wiki

• It's spring in Australia

* Thought I should spring clean my home

• Ensure other XDG base directores configured correctly

* Data home * ~/.local/share * Used for application data files * Cache home * ~/.cache * Used for cache files * Config home * ~/.config * Used for config files * Can be moved but some apps ignore these variables and hardcode path

• Start with the easiest parts first

* Whatever you put there yourself * It's very easy to dump files in home without thinking * Put wherever you're comfortable with

• These are a bit different from XDG user directories

* xdg-user-dirs installed * .config/user-dirs.dirs * xdg-user-dirs-update * Most file managers give these special icons

• Default to home but can be moved

* Will only know by searching for app * Good starting place is ArchWiki * Not really a consistent convention * Some dump the file into the folder * Some put file in extra folder and keep name * Some change file name * Some keep it as dot file

• Disable files you don't need

* Common example is less history

• Default to home but can be moved with configs

* Convention goes out the window here * Generally done with environment variables

• Lazy or ignorant developers

* Won't fix * What do you do * Well not much really * Some people like to move to where they belong and symlink * I'm not a fan * If I hid symlinks it would be great * However I don't