It may look like a small addition, but standardizing something many Linux users already do can improve workflows, application behavior, and even documentation over time.

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”.

    • promitheas@programming.dev
      16·
      20 hours ago

      All my projects, which to be fair are mostly programming.

      ~/Documents/Projects doesn’t make sense to me because theyre not strictly documents. In documents i have - well, documents like bill receipts, forms ive filled in, etc…

      My projects are a first-order thing for me if that makes sense, so it makes sense to have them in the top-level of my home.

      • naught101@lemmy.world
        2·
        11 hours ago

        Right, for me “documents” is just “personal files”. I used to have it called that, but then I just had and empty dir sitting there unused…

        I don’t like putting things in home because then files get mixed up with config and cache and crap, and it’s more annoying to search