I have a very simple folder structure in my /home/ directory. ├── Code ├── Dirty ├── Down

I have a very simple folder structure in my /home/ directory. ├── Code ├── Dirty ├── Downloads ├── Media │   ├── Books │   ├── Music │   ├── Pictures │   └── Videos ├── Projects └── Scripts I try to keep it very tidy because otherwise I would create a mess. "Dirty" and "Downloads" are working like /tmp, except they're getting wiped every 5 days [1]. Everything except "Downloads" and "Dirty" is backed up daily, incrementally and encrypted with s3cmd [2]. Some Inspiration here [3]. Sometimes I delete old stuff manually with s3cmd or from the S3 backend. Dotfiles and bootstrap scripts are stored on Github and Dropbox, so are serious projects. I also keep track of installed packages to be able to restore state on a new machine [4]. I'm not very emotional about restoring my machine. With a fast internet connection it takes me like 20-30 minutes to completely restore a wiped machine. [1] http://askubuntu.com/a/20831 http://askubuntu.com/a/20831 [2] http://s3tools.org/ http://s3tools.org/ [3] http://www.triatechnology.com/encrypted-incremental-backups-to-amazon-glacier-in-linux/ http://www.triatechnology.com/encrypted-incremental-backups-... [4] http://askubuntu.com/a/137991 http://askubuntu.com/a/137991