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    Dual booters be like (sh.itjust.works)
    submitted 6 months ago by 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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    [–] Cipher22@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    I typically call them folders when going through the GUI and directories when using CLI.

    [–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 34 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I never realized I subconsciously did this until your pointing it out. Huh. Thanks for that insight I suppose, haha

    [–] Kyatto@leminal.space 7 points 6 months ago

    well it sorta just makes sense, the gui presents it as a folder, you can move things around in it like a folder, conceptually it presents them in a way to make you think they are physical things stored in a physical folder/box. cli it really just feels like you are using a string of characters indicating the desired file, it feels more like a directory that way, even if it always really is that way, just showcased differently in the gui.

    brain doing brainy things, strings/lines vs pictures/labels

    [–] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

    Exactly my thoughts.

    [–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 6 months ago

    This is a fact.

    [–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

    To move a folder (gui), you just do it. To move a directory (cli) you have to implicitly say you want the contents too.

    [–] EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    Big Brother approves