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I use GNU/Linux and use the default layout.

~/Downloads <- Everything I download, torrents seeding

~/Downloads/old <- Entropy is here

~/Desktop <- Empty I don't like to keep files here

~/Documents <- Personal documents, my university stuff is grouped by year/subject

~/Documents/Library <- Here are all my e-books keep in perfect order, most of this later

~/Dropbox <- Cloud sync, mostly files shared with others mates

~/Pictures <- Photographs group by month and year, or event name

~/Pictures/memes <- Internet memes

~/Pictures/Inkscape <- Vector images i created, mostly from tutorials followed

~/Pictures/Blender <- 3D projects, I just learning

~/Music <- All my music keep in perfect order, most of this later

~/tools <- Some programs downloaded and not installed globally

~/Videos <- Unsorted videos, my own screencast, offline YouTube videos

~/Videos/Anime <- Anime series keep in perfect order, most of this later

~/Videos/Movies <- Movies keep in perfect order, most of this later

~/Videos/Series <- TV series keep in perfect order, most of this later

~/Videos/Tutorials <- Tutorials I purchased for offline consume

~/Workspaces <- All my coding projects

~/Workspaces/github/<project name> <- My personal and other open source code

~/Workspaces/<company name>/<project name> <- Work and Freelance projects

For keep in order:

- Music: I use https://picard.musicbrainz.org/ if the metadata isn't yet available then I left in downloads folder

- e-books: I use https://calibre-ebook.com/

- Videos: I use https://www.tinymediamanager.org/

- Projects: All my projects are GIT repositories

- Encrypted stuff: Plasma vault for folders and https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html for disk

Sync folders between devices: rsync

Navigate between directories in terminal: ranger, z, oh-my-zsh, byobu

Compress files: tar and lrzip



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