Mintupdate generates the updates.json file in ~/.linuxmint/mintupdate.
The XDG base directory specification suggests storing application data in ~/.local/share. A lot of different applications already support this standard, because it makes the home directory cleaner and helps to organize application data.
Mintupdate generates the
updates.jsonfile in~/.linuxmint/mintupdate.The XDG base directory specification suggests storing application data in
~/.local/share. A lot of different applications already support this standard, because it makes the home directory cleaner and helps to organize application data.https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html - XDG base directory specification.