Re: [MLUG] need info

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Michael wrote:

>> Yep I do not care for the directory structure.  I was raised on the 
>> Amiga and I think that it had the best directory structure ever, then 
>> to this day.
>
> If I were making a completely custom Linux distro I'd probably use 
> /config instead of /etc, /users instead of /home, /programs instead of 
> /usr, etc. Just to create a file structure that doesn't need to be 
> explained through folklore.


How true!  It is a bizarre naming convention, but I guess we are stuck 
with it.  It isn't Linux's fault, of course, because these names work this 
way all over the UNIX world as well (Solaris, AIX, HPUX, Irix, etc.). 
Linux inherited the problem from UNIX.  Of course, you wouldn't really 
want to change the names now because it would cause more problems than it 
would solve.

Why would you want to use a simple name like "/programs" when you could 
use "/Program Files"??  ;-)  More seriously, I think /bin is a pretty good 
name, but /usr/bin was not a good choice.

Mike
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