> On 12 May 2016, at 22:53, Britton Kerin <britton.kerin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > * Why does gnome use ~/.local and ~/.config? They think they the > center of my fcking universe that they take these generic names? They’re generic names because it’s an open standard that KDE and other FOSS desktops and applications also use: <https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html> > * How do I know if I want ~/.local or ~/.config? Lots of functional > overlap to look at the files Per the spec: ~/.local/share is the default location for user-specific data files. ~/.config is the default location for user-specific configuration files. (Sorry, can’t help you with your other queries…) —Calum. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
