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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Citra's user directory is where the emulator persists the emulated 3DS NAND, sav
 
  - on Windows, the path is `C:/Users/[your-user-name]/AppData/Roaming/Citra/`. Note that the folder `AppData` is hidden by default, so you need to change the configuration to view it.
    - in old version of Citra, the user directory used to be the `user` folder in the same directory as the Citra executable.
- - on macOS and Linux, the path is `~/.local/share/citra-emu/`. Note that the folder `.local` is hidden on most machines, so you need to change the configuration to view it. **Additionally, the `config` folder is located in `~/.config/citra-emu/`**.
+ - on macOS and Linux: in the terminal, type `echo $XDG_DATA_HOME`. This command will print out the user-specific data directory. If nothing gets printed out, that means the directory hasn’t been changed and the path is `~/.local/share/citra-emu/`. Note that the folder `.local` is hidden on most machines, so you need to change the configuration to view it. **Additionally, the `config` folder can be found with the command `echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME`, otherwise located in `~/.config/citra-emu/`**.
 
 There are at least three directories within the user directory: `config`, `nand`, and `sdmc`. See below for details about each directory and what data is stored within.