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by ancaster 2211 days ago
~/tmp - scratch folder for WIP stuff I don't care if I lose

~/dat - downloads and other temporary data

~/vir - virtual machines

~/arc - everything backup worthy

~/arc/dot - dotfiles, in "stow" format to easily set up on a new machine

~/arc/prj - projects, mostly software. Usually symlink to ~/prj

~/arc/doc - documents, organized by life-stage, project, company (e.g. "finances", "$company")

~/arc/img - pictures/videos

~/arc/dat - backup worthy software, keys, and other "data"

~/arc/res - research projects. Could go under prj/ I suppose.

~/arc/eml - IMAP email snapshot

I use Zotero and Mendeley (historical) for PDFs. I have a folder in ~/arc/dat/books for ebooks and the like.