!!!! Can anyone please tell me where to store my personal files in Linux Mint.

Question

Can anyone please tell me where would it be most suitable to store my personal files on Linux Mint.

Answer 1

Hi Wangkat Nguabang
What do you mean? In practically almost all GNU/linux distros you will have your personal folder at "/home/yourUserName", in this folder the system puts everything related to your account, e.g., personal configurations and preferences for all applications and etc. You also have folders like: Desktop, Documents, Images, Downloads, among others. So you can just create new folders and sort your personal files to your liking.
So, yes, as the saying goes, there is no place like /home :)

Answer 2

Hi Wangkat Nguabang
The equivalent to Windows C: in GNU/Linux is just "/". But differently from Windows, GNU/Linux does enforce ownership and groups permissions. So everything under / belongs to the system and normally only a user with super-user permission can manipulate. Your personal space is in /home/yourUserName. That in Windows would be equivalent to C:\Users\yourUserName.

Answer 3

By the way, if you have more than one disk or one disk divided in many parts than I recommend you to read about disk partitions in GNU/linux.

Answer 4

Right Mark
So there's no disk like there are in windows?

Answer 5

😅So $ home/folder_name is okay??

Answer 6

Yes, "$HOME/some_personal_folder" is ok.

Answer 7

😁🤟
(Noob here🖐)

Thanks Mark

Answer 8

I suppose you know that "$HOME" is a variable that contains the path of your personal home folder.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

Okk