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Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory (itsfoss.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/linux@programming.dev

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If you are using a rolling release distro like Arch, you might have noticed that your home directory now has a new member, a new folder called "Projects".

For as long as I remember, Linux has always had a set of default folders under the home directory. Usually they are Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos and Downloads. Templates, Desktop and Public folders are also there.

Now we have a new addition in the form of "Projects".

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[-] naught101@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago

What do you put in it? For me the logical place for that would be ~/Documents/projects

[-] promitheas@programming.dev 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

All my projects, which to be fair are mostly programming.

~/Documents/Projects doesn't make sense to me because theyre not strictly documents. In documents i have - well, documents like bill receipts, forms ive filled in, etc...

My projects are a first-order thing for me if that makes sense, so it makes sense to have them in the top-level of my home.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Right, for me "documents" is just "personal files". I used to have it called that, but then I just had and empty dir sitting there unused..

I don't like putting things in home because then files get mixed up with config and cache and crap, and it's more annoying to search

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