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Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory (itsfoss.com)
submitted 5 months 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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[-] BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.world 11 points 5 months ago

And Music? But they'd still need subfolders to keep the content organised and then it begs the question why hide it all away a whole layer lower down from the Home folder?

[-] shadowtofu@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 months ago

Pictures and Videos typically refer to personal media, whereas music would refer to professional media. I don’t think grouping them into a single media directory would usually make sense.

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