4 ms·
I follow the above advice. My personal stuff is in $HOME/$MY_FIRSTNAME. I can organize this directory any way I want to, e.g. by project, time, purpose, whatev
by mturmon 2y ago
I follow the above advice. My personal stuff is in $HOME/$MY_FIRSTNAME.
I can organize this directory any way I want to, e.g. by project, time, purpose, whatever. It’s my stuff.
The stuff in $HOME is then more “the computer’s stuff.” (E.g., on MacOS, Photos, Desktop, Downloads - that’s where the computer dumps that stuff.) The other place is where I put things.
This turns out to work quite well. It allows me to be unconcerned when some application wants to put something in $HOME.
- eternauta3k 2y agoExactly, or simply "$HOME/a" for less typing.
- fbdab103 2y agoI too follow this advice. I am the only user on my system. I would put all my stuff directly into /home if that were an option which was unlikely to have huge gotchas at some point.
- bshacklett 2y agoI read the original comment as recommending against putting _anything_ in $HOME. Your solution is far more palatable.