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    4 months ago

    Where did i read this… basically, the .file being hidden being a bug in the early unix filesystem, which got misused to hide configuration files.

    Offenders despite XDG-variables set and with no workaround:

    • .android: hardcoded in adb and i guess something in mtp too
    • .pki: some tool/library Firefox and Chromium sometimes use.
    • .steam: yes, that

    Btw, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory