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

submitted 3 days 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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[–] wltr@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 3 days ago

Aha, it’s in the article:

Don't like the new Projects directory? Just delete it. The xdg-user-dirs utility will not try to create it again. The default location for this directory will be moved to your home directory.

It recreates them for me.

Power users, who want more control, can edit the ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs configuration file and modify it to control what goes where.

This might help, I guess.