For linux it looks in the folder that has the shader cache for some reason instead of /home/(username) for files, and I cannot get out of that folder in the file selector
because on the earlier versions of the software the save files didn't save images, just the paths to them. so having the paths all use the user:// folder made avatar distribution more feasible (just drag and drop the files). also means file paths are the same on windows mac and linux.
Avatar saves nowadays save images and dont need to rely on file paths anymore, so i could fix it but i just really dont care to tbh