From user feedback, I wonder if they've learned how to prevent Thunderbird from creating an empty "thunderbird" folder in my home directory yet.

Jaxan 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Hmm strange, I have never had a thunderbird folder in my home dir. I use thunderbird on Mac, Windows and Linux (Ubuntu).

	▲	extr0pian 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's been an ongoing issue since the beginning of the year, at least on Linux. Since you're using Ubuntu (which is based on Debian), you may be using an older or an LTS version. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2007074

vlod 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is this is the snap version of tb? If so it has restricted file access.

Maybe try the .deb version? (maybe need to back up your data in ~/snap/thunderbird/

	▲	nosrepa 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The flatpack version does it as well.

grayhatter 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If only there was a way to edit the source code, and recompile it yourself.

Oh well, no software is perfect.

This is a good encapsulation of why the year of the Linux desktop is perpetually fifteen years away.

	▲	fragmede 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The year of Linux desktop will come after the desktop is no longer relevant, but I'll be honest, I've been AI-pilled, and it's never been a better time to run a Linux desktop. Instead of going sleuthing every time I hit a papercut that previously I'd have spend hours consulting a how-to or a wiki to find the subsystems and config files to fix the problem, I can now just describe the problem to an AI agent that runs around on my system that just fixes it while I go off and do something else.

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