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[–] woodgen@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Why is everything a folder? What does a debian or android folder do?

[–] richardisaguy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yes, everything will be a folder in plasma 6, including applications, don't worry, you I'll love the new Firefox folder. Its the natural progression of things, don't try to stop it.

[–] leap123@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everything's previously a file, now everything is a folder

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Look forward to Plasma 6 where everything will be an application. Downloads folder? That's an application now. A font you just installed? Application. The video you just downloaded? You guessed it

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