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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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[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

the "for as long as I remember, Linux has always had a set of default folders.."

lmao..

they've been bugging me with their presumptuousness for decades.

They can't ask if we want those things?

Sure, I can understand people coming-from the MS-Windows paradigm needing such things done for them, but to just presume that everybody wants the defaults?

Why not simply ask, in the 1st-login, if the user wants such defaults?

Opt-in, rather than opt-out, you know?

I add a ~/prog directory, that I'm certian many who either program or are trying to learn programming, add.

Does that mean it ought be a default?

Why would I want a Public folder in my homedir?

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