Linux

I keep everything in Documents

I already make my own Projects folder. Does this mean programs are going to start being tuned to make changes to it? Leave my adhd folder alone plz.

The article should also mention the new XDG variable itself, please.

And also, the XDG people should've thought of a more flexible way, that allows unlimited custom icon-directory associations. Now, we have some file managers, that do it their own way, most don't allow custom directory icons.

Now make all of default XDG directories lowercase. Nothing else is capitalized in the file system - why do these directories get an exception?

Oh, so thats where that came from. I thought i was getting senile

Idk, XDG is weird.
"Music", "Documents", "Downloads", "Public" and "Templates" are in Ukrainian;
"Public" and "Downloads" are duplicated in English;
"Desktop" is just English;
"Images" is in Russian for me for some reason.

No Projects despite me updating recently, I guess it just gave up.

Huh time to delete projects folder and use Projects folder

Even if I am against this kind of "defaults", today I learned how you customize this for any folder in the home directory !

For linux based system, you do like told in https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/

~/.config/user-dirs.dirs specifies the current set of directories for the user. This file can also be modified by users (manually or via applications) to change the directories used. Note: To disable a directory, point it to the homedir. If you delete it it will be recreated on the next login.

So at last I disabled Music, Templates, Pictures and Videos . Cleaner Home !

Good that we aren't talking about windows. Otherwise, I'd backup the original Projects folder quickly.

Ahh, I was wondering why there's a Projects next to my projects, I thought I just made a typo at some point

how about first getting programs to put dotfiles into the .config folder (opposed to .programname) instead of adding more folders that are inconsistent over distros for multiple years before the point of a default for IDEs and CAD programs can even be meaningfully made?

Honestly I say just let the user decide what goes in their home directory. I always get annoyed at all the random garbage in there. There should be a specific place that is user owned that isn't filled with cruft and configuration files

Hah, thats funny, I... literally have a 'Projects' folder, though I'm running Bazzite.

hoists suspenders

Yep, made that folder on my own, gets the job done, mhrm.

... lol

(pleasedonotlookinsidetheProjectsfolderdeargoditissuchamess)

Okay so next up is the Porn folder, right?!

Y'all don't just do everything out of your Downloads folder?

Now what am I going to do with /Documents/git-projects - move it!?

Its amazing how bothered people are by a fucking folder 😂

It's pretty much the first folder I add on a fresh install, gotta keep that shit contained

Everyone complaining, and here I am not having noticed the change because I've created that directory for myself years ago :-P

Personally its for organisation

Honestly I don't mind this at all.

When I start a Godot projects, putting the project into Documents makes very little sense to me.

I like this idea. I've been doing pretty much the same thing for a while now, though it's been a subdirectory of Documents.