Quoting David Alanis <canito at dalan.us>: > I was reading this article about Fedora moving files to /usr and saw a > reference to GoboLinux which puts all files pertaining to packages > under /Programs > > I thought it was kinda cool that they took this route. I don't know how > I would get used to it, if the de facto standard ever changed. > > When installing packages in FreeBSD everything goes under /usr and > /usr/local/etc for configuration files and init scripts, so right on > for Fedora! Long night. I should note that I was speaking from experience when I said that FreeBSD puts all package files under /usr and configuration files under /usr/local/etc. Not that Fedora is putting the configuration files under /usr/local/etc. > > Anyhow, the reason I am writing this is cause it made me think of Jason > Hu since he is developing Swift Linux. Since I don't use Debian based > distros, do they also follow the same convention and put everything > under the /usr directory? > What made me think about Jason is that he is always discussing different Linux distros. And the fact the GoboLinux puts all files under /Programs makes it unique, like Jason. > http://www.osnews.com/story/25289/Fedora_To_Simplify_Filesystem_Hierarchy_Move_Everything_to_usr > > GoboLinux > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoboLinux > http://www.gobolinux.org/index.php?lang=en_US&page=k5 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.