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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.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4b1f5473-e518-4af0-a1fe-41e54bb665d7/a-new-directory-has-appeared-on-linux-distros.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 07:26:07 GMTWed, 29 Apr 2026 06:34:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:33:24 GMT]]>@white_gecko that would be nice I guess...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/itsfoss/statuses/116493202536965357https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/itsfoss/statuses/116493202536965357Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:33:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:18:43 GMT]]>@white_gecko @itsfoss yes many of my X,Y, Z's are quite close to your "spaces", e.g., github or gitlab hosted, public / private etc. temporary trials, old stuff to sort out in a subsequent reincarnation etc. 😅

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/openrisk/statuses/116492672945125031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/openrisk/statuses/116492672945125031Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:18:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:15:20 GMT]]>@itsfoss my `Projects` directory is actually called `Workspaces`.
But what would be about an additional `Playground` next to it? It should be this kind of temporary place as `Downloads`.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/white_gecko/statuses/116492659645581737https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/white_gecko/statuses/116492659645581737Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:15:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:12:20 GMT]]>@openrisk @itsfoss
I use `Projects/<spaces>/<project_folder>`

`<spaces>` is something like e.g. a github-org under which I group the projects, is this what you X and Y refer to?

`<project_folder>` is a git working directory.

(For some exceptions, which I want to clean up one day, there is another level.)

Note: Actually my `Projects` is called `Workspaces` and it still resides at `~/Documents/Workspaces/`.

I wish you a good night ⭐

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/white_gecko/statuses/116492647811158887https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/white_gecko/statuses/116492647811158887Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:12:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:29:03 GMT]]>@itsfoss as long as you can rename it or remove it in ~/.config/user_directories or what its name as usual I don't care.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/aanee/statuses/116489882417458021https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/aanee/statuses/116489882417458021Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:29:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:17:28 GMT]]>@itsfoss ugh please, no. I hate all these stub directories. I'll do it myself!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/draeath/statuses/116489836846762595https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/draeath/statuses/116489836846762595Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:17:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:52:55 GMT]]>@itsfoss Legal que eu sempre criei uma pasta Projetos nesse mesmo lugar ~

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://organica.social/users/nonnom/statuses/116489032538801653https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://organica.social/users/nonnom/statuses/116489032538801653Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:52:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:48:38 GMT]]>@itsfoss

Ha, I have a "Projects" folder for almost a decade already!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/zenbeater/statuses/116489015694091724https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/zenbeater/statuses/116489015694091724Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:48:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:23:36 GMT]]>@hackbyte @autumn Not before answering in general, but before dropping veiled accusations it is preferable, yeah.

No hard feelings, see you around.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116488681331536638https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116488681331536638Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:23:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:14:48 GMT]]>@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!)) 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-4469-f220-6808-9ff163761048https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-4469-f220-6808-9ff163761048Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:14:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:08:45 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116488622937639940https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116488622937639940Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:08:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:59:36 GMT]]>@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 ~/?" 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-2069-f21c-d87d-d0e571618857https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-2069-f21c-d87d-d0e571618857Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:59:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:51:55 GMT]]>@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"?).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116488556719875696https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116488556719875696Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:51:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:31:41 GMT]]>@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. 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-1169-f216-4d6f-f95905514858https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-1169-f216-4d6f-f95905514858Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:31:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:30:12 GMT]]>@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. 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-2269-f215-f468-ad7820371619https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-2269-f215-f468-ad7820371619Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:30:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:26:48 GMT]]>@itsfoss u never heard of ~/opt? ~/src? or ~/bin?

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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-4469-f215-28bb-5f9365201886https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://joinfriendica.de/objects/70c1e079-4469-f215-28bb-5f9365201886Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:26:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:38:22 GMT]]>@itsfoss people would say

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116427030168473327/statuses/116488267542523658https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116427030168473327/statuses/116488267542523658Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:38:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:36:50 GMT]]>@itsfoss "this folder made this distro 20% cooler"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116427030168473327/statuses/116488261487186524https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116427030168473327/statuses/116488261487186524Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:36:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:04:39 GMT]]>@tobozo @itsfoss the "Projects" folder in the root folder - which is blessed by the FHS - is arguably /opt

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/116487427194317421https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/d1/statuses/116487427194317421Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:04:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:21:48 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116487022750569116https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tobozo/statuses/116487022750569116Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:21:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:57:32 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ragectl/statuses/116486927304465469https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ragectl/statuses/116486927304465469Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:57:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:37:52 GMT]]>@itsfoss uhh, what happens if you already have a Projects directory? Merge or overwrite?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/laxxius/statuses/116486849980403111https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/laxxius/statuses/116486849980403111Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:37:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:22:10 GMT]]>@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?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116486788246091699https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jandi/statuses/116486788246091699Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:22:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A new directory has appeared on Linux distros. on Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:16:44 GMT]]>@itsfoss This is actually such a great idea, just moved my stuff to a Projects folder!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.dk/users/autumn/statuses/116486766908923327https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.dk/users/autumn/statuses/116486766908923327Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:16:44 GMT