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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: More usable desktop setup
From:       William Leese <william () leese ! nl>
Date:       2004-01-11 12:04:52
Message-ID: 40014A85.2040602 () leese ! nl
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James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Luke Sandell wrote:
> 
>> On Wednesday 07 January 2004 03:25 am, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>>
>>> In the "$HOME/USR_Home/" directory, I have a "Documents" child 
>>> directory as
>>> well as additional directories to keep my various files sorted as I want
>>> them.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> This seems like the obvious solution to all that clutter in the $HOME
>>> directory.  I have kept my $HOME/USR-Home directory clean -- I don't 
>>> keep
>>> files in it.  It only has subdirectories where I keep the files.
>>
>> I don't keep files in my home directory, either.  Just subdirs.  docs, 
>> music, projects, download, etc.  Oh there are the configuration files, 
>> but those are all hidden. I don't see how having a USR-HOME is 
>> different from having a regular home dir.
>
> That is the system that I was using (or trying to use) but that doesn't 
> prevent stuff from filling up your $HOME directory.  Yes, many of these 
> things are hidden, but not all of them.  Perhaps you don't have this 
> problem.

Instead of introducing more complexity, why not just file bugs against 
the programs that dump non-hidden files in $HOME?

I have:

Desktop
Mail
Webcam_Pictures
amsn_received

The only one that I think don't belongs there is "amsn_received" and 
"Mail" (until it becomes browsable one day..). So that's 2 directories 
(no unhidden files) made by perhaps just 2 applications out of the 
hundreds installed.

   - William
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