@@ -112,11 +112,14 @@ public boolean accept(File file) {
         }
       } else {
         consoleDir.mkdirs();
+        consoleDir.setWritable(true, false);
       }
 
       File outFile = new File(consoleDir, stamp + ".out");
+      outFile.setWritable(true, false);
       stdoutFile = new FileOutputStream(outFile);
       File errFile = new File(consoleDir, stamp + ".err");
+      errFile.setWritable(true, false);
       stderrFile = new FileOutputStream(errFile);
 
       consoleOut = new PrintStream(new ConsoleStream(false));
 
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static private String loadLanguage() {
   static public void saveLanguage(String language) {
     try {
       Util.saveFile(language, prefFile);
+      prefFile.setWritable(true, false);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
     }
 
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ static public void save() {
       try {
         File dir = preferencesFile.getParentFile();
         File preferencesTemp = File.createTempFile("preferences", ".txt", dir);
+        preferencesTemp.setWritable(true, false);
 
         // Fix for 0163 to properly use Unicode when writing preferences.txt
         PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(preferencesTemp);
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ private ContributionListing() {
 
     //listingFile = Base.getSettingsFile("contributions.txt");
     listingFile = Base.getSettingsFile(LOCAL_FILENAME);
-    listingFile.setWritable(true);
+    listingFile.setWritable(true, false);
     if (listingFile.exists()) {
       setAdvertisedList(listingFile);
     }
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ public void run() {
 //          System.out.println(contribInfo.length() + " " + contribInfo);
 
           File tempContribFile = Base.getSettingsFile("contribs.tmp");
-          tempContribFile.setWritable(true);
+          tempContribFile.setWritable(true, false);
           ContributionManager.download(url, base.getInstalledContribsInfo(),
                                        tempContribFile, progress);
           if (!progress.isCanceled() && !progress.isError()) {
 
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ public void initBase(Base base) {
   // Attempt to work around this in the least invasive manner,
   // so that "sudo -E processing" or "sudo -E processing-java"
   // will pick up the invoking user's sketchbook folder instead.
+  public File getSettingsFolder() throws Exception {
+    String sysEnvHome = System.getenv("HOME");
+    if (sysEnvHome != null && 0 < sysEnvHome.length()) {
+      return new File(sysEnvHome, ".processing");
+    } else {
+      return super.getSettingsFolder();
+    }
+  }
+
+
   public File getDefaultSketchbookFolder() throws Exception {
     String sysEnvHome = System.getenv("HOME");
     if (sysEnvHome != null && 0 < sysEnvHome.length()) {
 
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static protected void load() throws IOException {
 
 
   static protected void save() {
+    file.setWritable(true, false);
     PrintWriter writer = PApplet.createWriter(file);
     writer.println(VERSION);
     for (Record record : records) {
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@@ -112,11 +112,14 @@ public boolean accept(File file) {
112	112	}
113	113	} else {
114	114	consoleDir.mkdirs();
	115	+ consoleDir.setWritable(true, false);
115	116	}
116	117
117	118	File outFile = new File(consoleDir, stamp + ".out");
	119	+ outFile.setWritable(true, false);
118	120	stdoutFile = new FileOutputStream(outFile);
119	121	File errFile = new File(consoleDir, stamp + ".err");
	122	+ errFile.setWritable(true, false);
120	123	stderrFile = new FileOutputStream(errFile);
121	124
122	125	consoleOut = new PrintStream(new ConsoleStream(false));
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@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static private String loadLanguage() {
147	147	static public void saveLanguage(String language) {
148	148	try {
149	149	Util.saveFile(language, prefFile);
	150	+ prefFile.setWritable(true, false);
150	151	} catch (Exception e) {
151	152	e.printStackTrace();
152	153	}