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The Xfce file manager, Thunar (4.18 with en-US as language), also has "Create Folder..." under the File menu, and in some contexts in the right-click menu.

Under Preferences, Behavior, it has both "directory" and "folders".

man ls uses "directory" only tho, and of course mkdir.

cd

ls

ls

What was I doing again?

ls

lsd

You start tripping out

I guess most Windows users don't know what DIR is or even where to use it.

"Do you use DIR?" User: "Do I use what? And don't call me dear."

Opening a folder in Explorer automatically shows the contents, saving the need for an extra step.

Yep and don't get me started on object storage where everything is a prefix

imo, directory refers to the filesystem concept, folder refers to the UI concept

Not any more. I had a student not that long ago ask about the metaphor, ended up having to explain to the whole class what physical files and folders were.

I bought tux stickers to stick them onto the windows icon of my keyboard. However it is a lighted one. So you had tux on top and in a red light the windows icon shined through. It was even more cursed that way.

What? You expect me to use "Super" out there in the wild and not look crazy?

Microsoft is the one that forced manufacturers to add it, or they couldn't advertise their keyboard as being "Designed for Windows 95", as it is required for the shortcuts (e.g win + d shows the desktop). The "Menu" key was added at the same time so that the Win 95 UI could be navigated without a mouse.

Now they are going the same with the CoPilot key. And poorly - Windows keys send keycode 0x5B and 0x5C. Menu sends 0x5D.
The CoPilot key? Left Shift + Windows + F23, obviously.

There's another name for the windows key?

Yes, a directory is a list of items. Like a telephone directory. A folder is a container of items.

In 2009 I added Folder to the Wikipedia page Directory (computing) Explaining the Folder Metaphor in both English and German (Verzeichnis/Ordner). My clarification has been tweaked and altered slightly to bring it into line with Wikipedia standards, but it has stood the test of time.

I always use the term folder in Linux circles when referring to a container of things. It's useful to stress the importance of the user interface, which is often misunderstood by many there. Be proud!

Folder is better. On disk, a folder is a list of pairs of a name and number, mapping the items in the folder to their location on the disk i.e. it's a directory. The days before computerization are before my time, but, as I understand it, library index cards worked this way. You might have a card for each author which listed the books by that author with the location of the index card on that book, and you might have directory cards on subjects or keywords too, and the card on a book might point to the location of the book on the shelf and the card for the author, etc., or something like that. It would be most confusing to call these directory cards "folders". The computer does the same thing internally, but the user interface has hidden away any notion of directory. They're logically folders. It's only a directory if you're writing a file system implementation.

Dont windows also have a rmdir

I dont know if there are any commands with folder ? Maybe it was a marketing stunt somewhere along the way

Also dir to list director contents

The biggest silicon wafer is going to be your CPU or GPU. The motherboard is mostly fiberglass and copper.

Motherboard made more sense when there were daughterboards.

At this point without that the term is much more meaningless compared to alternatives like System board or Main logic board.

Uhm, ackshually, the motherboard is fiberglass, a.k.a. GRP, with copper traces imprinted on it.