[gutsy] added folders in home

[Andres Mochi]

I now agree, the names should be customizable and in any case they should
not be links... If i had to do a backup of all of my data, I would have
saved the home directory, and lost oll of my "unwanted shared documents"...
very bad mr.Ubuntu! :P

Apart from these arguments, I think ubuntu must be totally different from
Windows... these folder (Links) should not exist...

Sorry for my bad english :P

2007/11/5, Christian Stefanescu <st.chris at gmail.com>:
>
> Andres,
>
> the thing is, this is a very particular thing. In Windows, those My
> Documents, My Music, etc folders have been there since Windows 95, and all
> the software written for Windows is aware on that. These folders here in
> gutsy are gutsy-specific, not even Ubuntu-specific.
>
> It's very good if you have a use for these folders, but keep in mind that
> storing data here should be available only for your user - it is not an
> elegant way to store all your music for all users in one place. Nils replied
> with a nice solution for that. Also do not expect your music player or your
> word processor to know automatically that you have a ~/Music and a
> ~/Templates folder.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> On 11/5/07, Andres Mochi <andres.mochi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've just migrated from windows... why don't you want these folders?
> > Where do you all store your things?
> >
> > I think it's a good idea...
> >
> > (Please don't kill me after reading my words :P)
> >
> > 2007/11/5, Christian Stefanescu <st.chris at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I deleted them ASAP, as I believe they add a Microsoft-feeling to
> > > Ubunut (kind of like My Documents, My Music etc.). Where is the freedom to
> > > put stuff where you want it?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >  On 11/5/07, Gérard BIGOT <gerard.bigot at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 11/5/07, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I've noticed that with the new Gutsy upgrade and/or a fresh
> > > > > install new
> > > > > Windows style folders are added to my home directory:
> > > > >
> > > > > Documents
> > > > > Music
> > > > > Pictures
> > > > > Public
> > > > > Templates
> > > > > Videos
> > > > >
> > > > > I delete them - they come back.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone know what package is adding these?
> > > > >
> > > > > the xdg-* packages. I find them disturbing also.
> > > >
> > > > G.
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