Firefox 147 Will Support the XDG Base Directory Specification
2 days ago
- #Linux
- #XDG
- #Firefox
- Firefox 147 will support the XDG Base Directory Specification, addressing a 21-year-old bug report.
- The XDG specification defines where application data, configuration files, and cached assets should be stored in a Linux user's home directory.
- Previously, Firefox stored all files under ~/.mozilla instead of standard locations like ~/.config and ~/.local/share.
- The bug report requesting XDG support was opened in September 2004 and has now been closed.
- Support for the XDG specification was merged, and Firefox 147 will be the first version to include this feature.
- This change will make Firefox more consistent with other Linux applications.