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Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory (itsfoss.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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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".

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[–] 17 points 6 months ago (5 children)

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.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months 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.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    I'm on Artix Linux and it did automatically create it after an update.

    It likely just runs xdg-user-dirs-update which, in my experience, doesn't delete anything if the folder is already there (the command just changed the folder icon in the file manager when I used to run it on a WM).

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