Thunderbird Littering My Home
6 hours ago
- #systemd hack
- #XDG changes
- #Thunderbird bug
- Thunderbird has a bug causing it to create an empty '~/thunderbird' directory upon startup.
- The bug stems from recent XDG changes introducing a new projects directory type.
- Thunderbird already uses '~/.thunderbird' for configuration and data, not standard XDG locations.
- A fish script uses inotifywait to watch the home directory and remove the 'thunderbird' directory immediately when created.
- A systemd user service is set up to run the script automatically, ensuring continuous monitoring and removal.
- The hack will be used until Thunderbird fixes the bug, emphasizing the user's dislike for applications littering the home directory.