A new directory has appeared on Linux distros.

[itsfoss@mastodon.social]

A new directory has appeared on Linux distros.

Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory

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.

It's FOSS (itsfoss.com)

#linux

[badrihippo@fosstodon.org]

@itsfoss noice!

[openrisk@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss oh noooo

Now I need to move all my Projects-X, Projects-Y etc. under Projects.

Which is survivable I suppose, a one time hassle, but should it be

Projects
-- Projects-X

or

Projects
-- X

This is the type of existential question that keeps me awake at night

[theholypumpkin@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss almost certainly will move all my Projects from~/Documents/private_documents/developer/... to just ~/Projects. It will be strange adjusting to the new workflow.

Although it will break a lot of symlinks, as I tend to symlink files to so the Nextcloud doesn't upload the same file twice as it does with hardlinks.

[zygous@toot.community]

@itsfoss I’ve always created this directory manually anyway.

[autumn@mstdn.dk]

@itsfoss This is actually such a great idea, just moved my stuff to a Projects folder!

[jandi@mastodon.social]

@autumn @itsfoss Will the folder you created be "accepted" when the implementation arrives to your distro or is there any risk of conflicts/overwriting/duplication if there's an existing ~/Projects?

[laxxius@social.vivaldi.net]

@itsfoss uhh, what happens if you already have a Projects directory? Merge or overwrite?

[ragectl@hachyderm.io]

@laxxius @itsfoss adding this update won't magically change anything except a few environment settings. Eventually you might see a few apps defaulting to using it as a save location, the same way lots of apps still don't follow XDG user dirs

[tobozo@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss this is not the best option for OSS developers who made the choice to have their project folder at the root of the filesystem.

plus some dev environments could potentially taint sources and debug binaries by leaking absolute paths containing the username, which may be seen as a step back in terms of security/privacy

[d1@autistics.life]

@tobozo @itsfoss the "Projects" folder in the root folder - which is blessed by the FHS - is arguably /opt

[thefeditest@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss "this folder made this distro 20% cooler"

[thefeditest@mastodon.social]

@itsfoss people would say

[hackbyte@joinfriendica.de]

@itsfoss u never heard of ~/opt? ~/src? or ~/bin?

Sad that ~/pub is no longer a thing nowadays.

[hackbyte@joinfriendica.de]

@jandi @autumn Uhm, dunno if this is a legitimate question or not...

But in any case, distribution changes (should!) _never_ overwrite _anything_ in users homedirs.

So if you already have a ~/Projects ... it will just be used as is.

[hackbyte@joinfriendica.de]

@jandi @autumn Uhm, dunno if this is a legitimate question or not...

But in any case, distribution changes (should!) _never_ overwrite _anything_ in users homedirs.

So if you already have a ~/Projects ... it will just be used as is.

[jandi@mastodon.social]

@hackbyte @autumn That's what I would expect, it was just a question that crossed my mind on reading, just that (what do you mean by "legitimate question"?).

[hackbyte@joinfriendica.de]

@jandi @autumn Uhm.... i had no context about your knowledge .. and with so many ppl nowadays adopting linux for the first time .. well, i was just unsure if one just based his experience - and so the question - only on microslop windows knowledge... mh

As a linux user (gentooisti) since decades .... my very first (internal) reaction truly was "tf, why should it overwrite stuff in ~/?"

[jandi@mastodon.social]

@hackbyte @autumn lol i should be offended!

But you know, bugs are weird like that... maybe permissions, maybe dbus or anything... Just riffing on my first thought, I'm sure it will be mostly trouble-free.

[hackbyte@joinfriendica.de]

@jandi @autumn That's why i wrote (should!) _never_ ..... we all know the truth.

Seriously, there was no offence intendet at all. I don't always research each and any fediverse user before commenting or answering questions.

.oO( Maybe i (should!))