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”.

  • andyburke@fedia.io
    8·
    10 hours ago

    As someone who has used ~/Projects for years and has syncing and other setup around it I am (very slightly) terrified this change could somehow fuck with me.

    Please let this just be a mkdir call that will fail.

    • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusEnglish
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Nope. Only makes for new installs, and only uses it as a save spot default if the application asks for it. Should be no change at all.

    • hallettj@leminal.spaceEnglish
      3·
      9 hours ago

      I also use a Projects folder. It looks like it probably won’t break anything. Apps might start putting stuff there by default, hopefully in sensible subdirectories. There’s a note in the article that you can create ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to specify where you want files to go.