Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL when you change your region from US to UK in Mint, "Trash" becomes "Rubbish Bin."message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1219arrow-down1message-squareTIL when you change your region from US to UK in Mint, "Trash" becomes "Rubbish Bin."Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoCan confirm. It always seems overly verbose, though. Why not just bin? Or Rubbish? Nobody IRL would ever say “rubbish bin”.
minus-squarepelya@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI guess because ‘bin’ is a shorthand of ‘binary’, that is, the directory where all your executable files reside, so the developers felt a need to clarify that /usr/bin isn’t to be cleaned.
minus-squarerenegadesporkAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months agoI thought the ‘bin’ folder in program folders was where they put trash for longer than I’d like to admit. >_<
Can confirm. It always seems overly verbose, though. Why not just bin? Or Rubbish? Nobody IRL would ever say “rubbish bin”.
I guess because ‘bin’ is a shorthand of ‘binary’, that is, the directory where all your executable files reside, so the developers felt a need to clarify that /usr/bin isn’t to be cleaned.
I thought the ‘bin’ folder in program folders was where they put trash for longer than I’d like to admit. >_<