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Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory (itsfoss.com)
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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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[–] DishaweslemOride@lemmy.org 44 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I’ve always had a projects folder, so this works for me I guess.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same, I picked it up from some random user I was watching.

It may as well be called 'git folder' because it's almost exclusively used to clone 'hmm, neat' github repos and for my various 'to do' projects where I've gotten as far as running git init.

[–] thevoidzero@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have two folders for git though, my projects, and other people's packages and such

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

That makes too much sense

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Same I also keep one called “scratch” that is just for random one off shit

[–] DishaweslemOride@lemmy.org 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That’s better than mine: ~/downloads/deleteme123

[–] GammaGames@beehaw.org 4 points 3 days ago

My downloads folder already removes files that are over a month old

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I used to have a scratch directory. Then I realized I can put stuff in /tmp/whatever, and it gets automatically deleted on reboot. I made a shell function that creates a /tmp subdirectory, and cds to it in one command.

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, sometimes I want something more permanent than tmp

[–] forestbeasts@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

We've got a ~/tmp.

Should probably clean it out at some point.

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Me too! But now I'm thinking maybe I should capitalize the folder name

[–] DishaweslemOride@lemmy.org 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

~/PROJECTS

[–] forgetful_fox@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Why capitalize? Drop all the vowels!

~/prjcts