Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
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Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
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Re: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
#2I remember I deleted a built-in directory like "Documents", and it lost its custom document icon, even when I created a "Documents" directory anew. No amount of googling / asking forums and IRC could bring my custom icon back. :)
(Linux Mint, Cinnamon)
Re: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
#3Having come up with a light structure and kept it for 7 years now, mine is:
media,
life,
edu,
data,
dev,
pix
The most heavily structured is /edu, everything else is a shitshow but I generally know where to find stuff. There are a few others that are dead. I don't bother putting dotfiles into this, but I probably should. I try to minimize directories with the same first letter for faster tab completion.
Re: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
#4Having come up with a light structure and kept it for 7 years now, mine is: media, life, edu, data, dev, pix The most heavily structured is /edu, everything else is a shitshow but I generally know where to find stuff. There are a few others that are dead. I don't bother putting dotfiles into this, but I probably should. I try to minimize directories with the same first letter for faster tab completion.
What type of files do you keep in edu?
Re: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
#5I have two folders: "Development" where the git repos are, and "Downloads" where everything else.
Re: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
#6Having come up with a light structure and kept it for 7 years now, mine is: media, life, edu, data, dev, pix The most heavily structured is /edu, everything else is a shitshow but I generally know where to find stuff. There are a few others that are dead. I don't bother putting dotfiles into this, but I probably should. I try to minimize directories with the same first letter for faster tab completion.
What type of files do you keep in edu?
Anime porn
Re: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
#7I am really envious on the FreeBSD' filestructure of OS'.
The simplicity is so obvious and I really like that you know what you have.
Re: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
#8I bought the book "Building a Second Brain"[^1] by Tiago Forte and its recommended PARA methods is well-conceived, directly usable and tried and trusted for me. There is even a follow-up book from him about PARA only [^2]. I recommend to check it out (you'll also find many resources in the internet without the need to buy a book - although I highly recommend it and it would be an appreciation for the author)
Re: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
#9This is so individual; his solution is not useful for me, and my solution won't be useful for anyone else.
My home directory is nearly empty, because all the files I work with are in OwnCloud (so the real question is: what is the directory structure in OwnCloud). Local Git repositories are on a completely separate partition.
Since KeepassXC now handles SSH keys, the keys from .ssh are now in the Keepass-file, which is on OwnCloud. That was a huge simplification, and now there is nothing in my home directory that I really care much about.
Re: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023)
#10I have found it surprizingly difficult to categorize my files in a way that is elegant and intuitive. I've been meaning to look into FUSE for a tagging-based system instead of the current hierarchical one, although I suspect that the difficulty of categorizing things is unlikely to go away even with tags.