Question

I’m a newbie to Linux systems and recently I started using Ubuntu 10.04. When I do java development in Windows, I usually keep my project files under some drive (D: for example) and under my development folder, such as D:\projects\myproj. But I’m bit confused with Ubuntu’s folder structure. So, I just want to know how do you organize your projects in Ubuntu? Under which folder do we keep our projects file?

Answer 1

You can do anything you want, but typically if you develop in a directory that is not under your home directory, you’ll probably need administrator (root) permissions to set up the directories. Another reason to use a sub-directory under your home directory is that in larger companies, the home directories are often stored on a separate file server, which is backed up on a regular basis.

I usually create a directory workspace in my home directory, and then create project directories under that. Other developers may use src or projects.