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CLI being faster can sometimes depend on typing speed and errors (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by madthumbs to c/linuxsucks

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I use CLI in Windows all day long, but I don't expect normies to have to learn it.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

It's Linux. You're supposed to name your user data folders
~/doc
~/dsk
~/dwn
~/mus
~/pic
~/vid

or even better, just use /tmp as your download folder.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I keep half my life in that downloads folder. It is not going anywhere near /tmp.

[–] Telodzrum 10 points 5 days ago

This is the best and funniest comment I’ve read all week.

[–] MimicJar 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can also setup custom dirs, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_user_directories

All of mine (except Desktop) point to "$HOME/downloads"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Im halfway to grey beard at this point but didn't know this. Thanks.

[–] Bookmeat 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's because modern desktops (looking at you, Gnome) have decided that discoverability isn't worth their time. They want empty, pretty interfaces with minimal functionality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I use gnome and love it so not sure how that at all even relates here.

It's completely irrelevant to your de.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You've downloaded half your life from the internet?

[–] Acters 2 points 5 days ago

My whole drive is half downloads folder and half OS

[–] slazer2au 3 points 3 days ago

You don't keep stuff in /dev/null?

[–] rottingleaf 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

dl, sh, src, var, old, pic, app, books

that's mine. No bin yet - it's a new installation with a home_old.tar.zst file for the old.

EDIT: Of course I do have a Downloads directory, I've just forgot to alias it to something more pleasant yet.