Re: [MLUG] need info

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> *sigh* A coworker and I were discussing this, and where binaries and 
> other applications should be stored.  We both agreed, each program 
> should have it's own directory.  Has anyone seen where gnome puts all 
> it's libraries?  UGH.  I may like the gnome interface, but where they 
> put stuff drives me nuts.

Personally I'd like something like /Packages that contains a subdir for 
each package the system knows about. I'd put in each subdir a control 
file for downloading, installing, configuring, upgrading, and 
uninstalling each package, a subdir for the source, and a subdir for the 
built version. Then just link the needed files into /Programs etc. You 
can get the best of both Windows and Unix methodology by doing it that way.

> Perhaps they were evil originally, but not so much anymore.  I'd say 
> /program_files, but if we wanted something that is more descriptive, 
> why not use the full name?  It doesn't hurt the system at all to do 
> so.  Mac's use /Applications /System /Library /Users and other folders 
> that are actually intuitively named.  Granted spaces are a little 
> trickier to deal with from a command line, but not inordinately so, 
> and considering the benefits of readability, I can put up with spaces.

Spaces are still evil. Wait until you spend a morning dealing with a few 
hundred files with spaces in their names to see my point. Capital 
letters are fine though. It'd actually not be a bad idea to make a habit 
of naming special directories with capital letters.

> Now, there's an interesting thought, although I'd say what about 
> creating a distro with everything truly separate and designed the way 
> we'd like?  Call it MLUG Linux?  The Linux that makes sense?  I know 
> not everyone likes Mac's on the list, but that's an example of a file 
> system layout we could look at for examples.  Course, it'd be nice to 
> get some input from other MLUG'ers out there.  Anyone have any other 
> thoughts?

I've thought about making my own distro for years but I'd have to have a 
good enough reason to motivate me. I know pretty much everything I'd 
need to know to do it but there are so many distros already that I'd not 
want to contribute to the distro bloat unless I was going to be able to 
do enough to make mine stand out.

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Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org

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