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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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[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's a good idea until you download a 10GB file and you wonder why you're out of RAM :P

I use /tmp as a temp folder for yt-dlp (it is faster than an HDD when adding metadata and subs to the video), and I've ran out of RAM before by downloading a video too big... Silly me, my laptop only has 8GB.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago

True, but only if you use ramfs for tmp, which not all distros do

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

If you don't, then it's not going to be cleaned up on reboot.

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't have it as ramfs and it gets cleaned up perfectly fine. never had a system where it doesn't

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