Use the ln command with the -s flag in the terminal to create symbolic links, such as "ln -s /home/name/Downloads ...

Use the ln -s /path/to/original /path/to/link command in Terminal to create symbolic links or use a GUI tool like ...

Links in Linux are like shortcuts: references to a file that don't duplicate it. A symbolic link references by filename but breaks if its target moves. A hard link references by a file's inode ...