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Idea #1210: Standardise the Configuration directories.

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The following duplicates have been proposed:

Idea #1960: Move user configuration and data files to a subdirectory

Idea #2647: Standardise User caches location

Idea #2651: Put application settings, other system files into the same folder under home

Idea #3719: store all application configs in the same place

Idea #4601: Regroup the applications folders

Idea #6493: New /home directory organization

Idea #6535: Reduce home config directories (hidden, starting with . dot)

Idea #5979: An effort to patch upstream apps with the freedesktop.org directory standard XDG

Idea #6557: Separate user preferences and user data in hidden folder