# Potential change to support XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME standard

**URL:** https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/potential-change-to-support-xdg-config-home-standard/2012
**Category:** dev
**Created:** [January 10, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/potential-change-to-support-xdg-config-home-standard/2012 "2025-01-10T20:33:32Z")
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### Author: ![MrNuclearMonster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/mrnuclearmonster/32/820_2.png) [@MrNuclearMonster](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/MrNuclearMonster)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/potential-change-to-support-xdg-config-home-standard/2012/1 "2025-01-10T20:33:32Z")

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this issue regarding a potential configuration directory change to match some or all of the XDG spec is pretty important for any ioquake3 linux users and fork developers: [Place configs in $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME · Issue #702 · ioquake/ioq3 · GitHub](https://github.com/ioquake/ioq3/issues/702) please reply in the issue with polite and constructive feedback.