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Re:Firefox 147 Will Support the XDG Base Directory Specifica... by paulddraper on Thursday November 20, 2025 @10:04AM (#45993299)
That’s the safest.

Who knows what might be touching that data today. Or backing it up, etc

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Re:Firefox 147 Will Support the XDG Base Directory Specifica... by gen2brain on Thursday November 20, 2025 @11:29AM (#45994422)
I know a few apps that did the same (mpv for example). If you still have it in home root it uses that, when you move it to .config it uses that instead. Auto migrating could and would create issues.
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