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Over the last few months I have found myself using a different than |
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traditional directory structure more and more for keeping track of all my |
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files. A few articles on slashdot recently have brought this point up too |
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(gobo and that 'if i rolled my own distro' article), and after having seen my |
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roomate's OSX in action actually using a structure like this I have to say |
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I'm intruiged at the possibility of bringing this to gentoo. |
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I'm sure many many many many people will see this as a perversion of |
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tradtional unix filesystem layouts, but I hope they will at least have an |
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open mind and take this seriously for a second. Using what *I* consider a |
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fairly intuitive layout, I've had my home dir setup like below for a while |
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and it makes for quick shell navigation because of a few factors that I'll |
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mention after: |
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~/Documents (also has Manuals, Books, Receipts and such) |
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~/Music (genre separation) |
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~/Zips (old habit but its easier to type Z than T[arballs] IMHO.. has my |
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downloaded archives) |
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~/Videos (trailers and p2p type stuff) |
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~/Images (such things as Photos, Wallpapers) |
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~/Desktop (KDE/GNOME desktop) |
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~/Programs (user installed programs like crossover/wine and its apps) |
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~/Src (untarred source for custom builds) |
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~/tmp (another old habit) |
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~/dev (im a developer, this is where i keep my own source) |
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Because no matter how hard i try there are always leftover files that dont fit |
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into these cluttering up the filesystem, I found myself having to type too |
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many of the characters of a directory when maneuvering the filessytem in bash |
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(ahh emacs mode i love thee). So having the first letter capitalized always |
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made it easy to get to where i wanted to go quickly. Additional benefits are |
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for example in file dialogs (ie. the KDE open file dialog) where the sorting |
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will 'float' those directories to the top for quick selection (yes I know KDE |
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can be configured to show directories first:). |
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Extending this basic idea for home to the entire filesystem seems like the |
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next logical step. Because of gentoo's roll-it-yourself nature, portage |
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seems like the perfect candidate to be able to pull this off without giving |
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too many headaches, which is why I am writing this in the first place. I'm |
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curious if anyone else agrees or if I've just become certifiably insane. :) |
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Michael Wojcikiewicz |
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mike@××××××××.net |
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