Re: Where to put my files?

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From: Jordan
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 03:45

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On 31/10/12 14:02, Moe Trin wrote:
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>> I'm new (ish) to Linux, using Ubuntu.
>> How compulsory is the default folder structure?
>
> It's your system, you can do as you wish.

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>> I'm running out of space on my hard drive.
>
> Do you know why (found a bunch of neat stuff to download,  or didn't
> plan ahead to be doing so) or is it another mystery?

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>
>> Am I making sense?
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> Yup - except we don't call them "folders" - that's a windoze term
> stolen from the Macintosh operating system who in turn stole it from
> Xerox in the early 1980s.  They're called "directories".   ;-)
>
>          Old guy
>

That looks like a good comprehensive answer - many thanks Old guy.
I'll have to work through it slowly though, sounds a bit technical!
The HDD is nearly full because I used one I already had - a bit small 
these days I guess.
Folders? I'm going to call them directories from now on, like they were 
called also in MS-DOS.

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