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Merge request seeks review

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/merge_requests/153

Restructure xdg-email (!153) · Merge requests · xdg / xdg-utils · GitLab

These changes address that xdg-email is a badly maintained half of xdg-open by … replacing most of it with a call to xdg-open

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N-gated Hacker News Jun 8

🦅💩 Thunderbird: now with cutting-edge directory disorder! Who knew rediscovering an old #email client could lead to a groundbreaking new way to clutter your home? 📂✨ Apparently, the #XDG #changes are creating directories faster than you can say 'bug fix'. 🙄🚀
https://thefoggiest.dev/2026/06/04/thunderbird-littering-my-home #Thunderbird #DirectoryClutter #TechInnovation #EmailClient #HackerNews #ngated

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Charly Coste 🇫🇷May 19

For anyone interested in #Linux security, a good explanation of a way to escape from the #Flatpak sandbox has been posted to the oss-security mailing list today: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/19/1

You might also want to read this article from last year: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/when-flatpaks-sandbox-cracks-real-life-security-issues-beyond-ideal

cc @Seg

#sandboxing #dbus #xdg #freedesktop #wine

oss-security - On the issue of MIME handlers that execute arbitrary code (e.g. Wine)

Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog May 8

xdg-ninja: Modernize your Linux environment by moving config files into $HOME/.config where you can
https://github.com/b3nj5m1n/xdg-ninja
#customization #commandline #config #linux #shell #xdg #+

GitHub - b3nj5m1n/xdg-ninja: A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories.

A shell script which checks your $HOME for unwanted files and directories. - b3nj5m1n/xdg-ninja

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Rusty Corgi Apr 29

new xdg-user-dir who dis

completely upending my entire Home folder to accommodate it since it's so much better than having random crap strewn across a bunch of places

#Linux #FOSS #xdg

Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory

It may look like a small addition, but standardizing something many Linux users already do can improve workflows, application behavior, and even documentation over time.

It's FOSS

Froilán Irizarry Rivera 🇵🇷Apr 2

Me vuela la cabeza que todavía no tengamos más apoyo en nuestras herramientas para XDG base directories.

Para los que no sepan que es esto, es un spec que define donde archivos deben de “vivir”. Se utiliza mucho para archivos de configuración en ambientes de *nix.

Si están construyendo algo o mantienen un CLI, denle un vistazo. Consideren apoyar este spec.

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir/latest/

#XDG #BaseDirSpec #FOSS

XDG Base Directory Specification

1 Introduction # Various specifications specify files and file formats. This specification defines where these files should be looked for by defining one or more base directories relative to which files should be located. 2 Basics # The XDG Base Directory Specification is based on the following conc…

Chlorine Mar 31

所以什么时候能把 #XDG spec 的 PR 合并了？！

https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/11174

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/h4ckernews/statuses/116321892952076251

LinuxNews.de Mar 30

XDG-Session-Management-Protokoll verabschiedet
https://linuxnews.de/xdg-session-management-protokoll-verabschiedet/ #wayland #xdg #linux #linuxnews

XDG-Session-Management-Protokoll verabschiedet

Nicht jeder mag es, aber viele schwören darauf. Das XDG-Session-Management-Protokoll stellt beim Neustart oder nach Abstürzen vorher geöffnete Fenster wieder…

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Slatian Mar 25

We rewrote half of xdg-email, wouldn’t hurt to have some reviewing eyes on this merge request.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/merge_requests/153

#linux #xdg #freedesktop #shell