Even after all these years firefox keeps using mozilla hidden directory instead of XDG base directories. For how long will this continue?

Watch https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259356 for updates to this request.

~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile> is a mish-mash of data, config, and cache. It’s not simple to unravel that. Beyond that, it would be a breaking change, and that requires more caution.

credit: u/yo_99 on Reddit.

original link: https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/vkgk78/why_does_firefox_keeps_using_mozilla_directory/

  • Zozano
    1·
    11 months ago

    Well, the user is complaining about where it’s installed on Linux, not Windows.

    It’s in the home directory. On Linux, most applications split data between a cache, config and local directories. But for Firefox everything is in one.

    Personally, I don’t mind it. It makes transferring my Firefox setup between distros easy.