XDGcompliant
XDGcompliant is a term used to describe software or configurations that adhere to the Freedesktop.org XDG Base Directory Specification. This specification aims to standardize the locations of user-specific configuration files, data files, and cache files across different Linux and Unix-like operating systems. The primary goal is to promote a cleaner and more predictable file system hierarchy for user data.
Before the XDG Base Directory Specification, applications often stored their configuration and data files in various
The XDG specification defines three main environment variables that determine these locations: XDG_CONFIG_HOME, XDG_DATA_HOME, and XDG_CACHE_HOME.
Software that is XDGcompliant respects these environment variables. This means that when an XDGcompliant application needs
Adhering to the XDG standard simplifies user experience by centralizing application settings and data. It also