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[-] nulluser@programming.dev 90 points 1 year ago

Been using Linux as my primary OS for (counts on fingers)... decades now. Called them folders the whole time. Never had a problem with it. Nobody who matters cares.

[-] ignotum@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Until now, i care a ton!
Oh wait, "Nobody who matters"
dang, nevermind

Exactly, thank you. My thought when seeing this was "who the fuck cares?"

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[-] Cipher22@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago

I typically call them folders when going through the GUI and directories when using CLI.

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

I never realized I subconsciously did this until your pointing it out. Huh. Thanks for that insight I suppose, haha

[-] Kyatto@leminal.space 7 points 1 year ago

well it sorta just makes sense, the gui presents it as a folder, you can move things around in it like a folder, conceptually it presents them in a way to make you think they are physical things stored in a physical folder/box. cli it really just feels like you are using a string of characters indicating the desired file, it feels more like a directory that way, even if it always really is that way, just showcased differently in the gui.

brain doing brainy things, strings/lines vs pictures/labels

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[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

This is a fact.

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[-] ZeroCool@slrpnk.net 51 points 1 year ago
[-] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 49 points 1 year ago

You make and use folders

I make directories and call them folders anyway

We are not the same

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 47 points 1 year ago

meh. folder is 2 syllables, directory is like 4. I'm lazy. If someone gave me a clear one syllable alternative that others would know what I meant (even if while cringing), i'd probably start using that instead. I've tried just "dir", but no one ever knows wtf i'm saying.

[-] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Yep, while this meme is funny and in jest. If someone actually seriously gave me shit for saying "folder" or "directory" I would have to ask them what Stallman's toe nails actually taste like. Because that is up there with his level of being rigid about something that I just can't stand.

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[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 year ago

I just use "dir" about 90% of the time.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I like how you put things.

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[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 35 points 1 year ago

The real hard Linux nerds will just call them files

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago
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[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 34 points 1 year ago
[-] pythonoob@programming.dev 33 points 1 year ago

I only call them by inode. Scoffs

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 29 points 1 year ago
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[-] SlothMama@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago
[-] takeheart@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

So what's the difference?

My intuition is that directory is the older term and refers to something existing on the file system while folder can be that but also includes "virtual folders" that group together different files from across the file system like when photo manager shows you categories like 'recently viewed' or 'taken in 2023'.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Directory is the older term, but when they started making computers user friendly they needed a friendlier word for it. Folders make sense because people understand putting files in folders in real life.

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[-] femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Uhhh directories are files where other files are stored in a computer, folders are pieces of paper used to store pieces of paper (or a file used to store another files in a computer)

[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

folders are only considered files in linux, in windows, its a mess

[-] femboy_bird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

something about not unix operating systems not being valid

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

obligatory mansplaining that Linux is not Unix

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[-] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

A directory outside of computing is simply a list of items with a common characteristic. A list of names at an apartment building for example.

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[-] minamoog@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

everything in my home directory is a folder, everything outside of that is a directory

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

And interestingly enough the home directory itself falls outside of itself

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[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 16 points 1 year ago

alias cf=cd

Note: I don't actually do this. I'm not a monster.

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[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 16 points 1 year ago

Me when I don't say inodes to refer to folders in iOS:

[-] starman@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meh, I dont care. If they used a word that wasn't directly linked to the concept then I might care.

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[-] r00ty@kbin.life 11 points 1 year ago

I mix and match. I used to have an Amiga back in the day, and they were called directories there. As such, most of my parlance is from those days. But most of my work life has been on Windows. So, folder has sneaked into everyday usage.

[-] sagrotan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

In our forum you just give the coordinates in your woven core memory...

[-] Klnsfw@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 year ago

theyrethesamepicture.jpg

[-] ian@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

Directory means a listing. You are referring to the list of names of some items.

I'm usually working with folders that actually contain files and other folders. It's often closed, so the content is not shown. A folder is a container.

Wikipedia clarifies this difference.

A telephone directory does not contain telephones.

a file directory doesent contain anything but adresses aswell

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[-] Djtecha@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Both are noobs. Its Linux, they're all files!

[-] FlickeringScreens@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago

I switched to Linux only about a year ago. I frequently called them directories even in Windows. I sometimes use folder too, but usually directory I think.

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