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Structure of a (my) home directory
home
The home directory, master of all, where it all begins, which contains everything.
projects
Contains all my projects, may contain sub-directories for grouping projects.
ext
Projects that are not mine.
There are certain projects which I use that I compile from source, or others where I might wish to inspect the source without actually working on it.
study
Does not contain projects, but a somewhat-structured collection of code that I write/copy when studying.
test
Scripts/snippets to test a certain feature or algorithm. Not part of any project currently, but perhaps in the future.
work
Contains all projects that are part of my job. Grouped by company I work/have worked for.
documents
Contains all of my documents, may contain sub-directories for grouping documents.
work
Contains all documents that are part of my job. Grouped by company I work/have worked for.
trash
Projects that I don't work on anymore, that I don't have any intention of working on in the future, but that (might) contain something that I don't want to lose.
downloads
Contains all of my downloads. Most of these should be sent elsewhere.
games
Contains all the games I have acquired/installed.
share
Containing files that I wish to share with, for the moment, my virtual machines. This directory might be automatically mounted inside such a virtual machine.
var
Contains (possibly large) supporting files. Not projects or files I work on or even use directly, but things that I use indirectly.
aur
Packages downloaded from the Arch User Repository.
abs
Packages copied from the Arch Build System for customization.
virtualenvs
Virtualenv installations.