Lukáš KotekApr 15
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Show threadBettina HartmannApr 15

@itsfoss I know this is meant to be a joke! But I think about me being a Dane, speaking English as my second langauge. And where I use computers as tools but apart from that just try to live my life... So if people judge me for my imperfect English and / or for not jusing the Linux lingo correctly... I have to wonder what kind of world they really want to live in. A world where everyone are the same? Isn't that boring?

I might just switch to Danish and see how well we communicate from there...

Show threadmanedolerApr 15
@bettina @itsfoss kamelåså
Show threadBettina HartmannApr 16
@manedoler @itsfoss Netop! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykj3Kpm3O0g
Uti Vår Hage - Kamelåså(HD) Dansk språk Med Atle Antonsen, Bård Tufte Johansen & Harald Eia

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Show threadSven GeggusApr 15
@itsfoss I have started using computers when this was also called directory in the DOS/Windows world. It is still in a way. The cd and dir commands exist on Powershell until this day.
Show threadCliff'sEsportCornerApr 15
@giggls @itsfoss to me if in gui tend to think folder and if in CLI or similar then think directory.
Show threadJiří EischmannApr 15
@CliffsEsport @giggls @itsfoss AFAIK they aren't the same thing. A directory is a file system thing while a folder is a broader UI concept. It could represent a dir, but it could also represent e.g. files from various dirs matching certain criteria. Two terms for two different, although related things. I'm fine with it.
Show threadTailkinkerApr 15
@itsfoss It really does not help that many Linux DEs are moving towards "folder" themselves.
Show threadnickelsonApr 15
@itsfoss I always use "folder" 😅 and don't apologize 😈
Show threadJoseph AllenApr 15
@itsfoss If someone is computer-literate enough to understand what a directory/folder is (which now excludes an increasing amount of younger Gen Z and Gen Alpha, who only know how to use smartphones and apps, if recent reporting is to be believed), then I'm pretty happy with that without splitting hairs over terminology.
Show threaddnparadiceApr 15
@itsfoss is it not the same thing?
Show threadRafael M.Apr 15
@itsfoss lol, i've been using linux since 1999/2000 and always said folder.
Show threadDougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)Apr 15

@rxf4e1 @itsfoss
That's bad and you should feel bad.

(🙂 )

Show threadJannekeApr 15

@itsfoss
I have no problem with people showing their ignorance.

In fact, it's mostly helpful.

Show threadJimmy Sjölund 🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Apr 15
@itsfoss Today ...
Show threadSuperdave!Apr 15
@itsfoss I've been caught doing this! It's most embarrassing! LOL! It's a "directory", in a Linux group, and a "folder", everywhere else.
Show threadBrandt KurowskiApr 16
@itsfoss I'm sometimes tempted to say "folder" just cuz it's shorter but then I remember "dir" is shortest and all is well (works better written than spoken obvs)
Show threadNishant Neeraj AgnihotriApr 16
@itsfoss we all have been standardised by windows terminology for computer use.
Call whatever you want just keep the technical aspect in mind.
Show threadIt's FOSSApr 16
@NishantNeerajAgnihotri true
Show threadfeliks✨Apr 17
@itsfoss yet you can have folders in syncthing on linux