Re: places: / vs. File System

On 06/18/2010 01:14 PM, Albert Wagner wrote:
I've just upgraded from 8.04 to 10.04. Among the differences that confuse me is the difference in the "Places" menu between "/" and "File System". Both bring up a File Browser, with mostly the same directories, but with different contents. I have always assumed that there was only one directory tree in Linux, so this difference in contents confuses me. Can someone please clarify this for me?

I mispoke. Click "/" in "Places" menu. Then "File System" appears with "_-File Browser" in title bar. When "File System" clicked, an alternate view of file system appears with "/-File Browser" in title bar. Below is a small snapshot comparing the two views of the tree.

_- File Browser /- File Browser
-----------------------------------------------------------
bin 90 items bin 125 items
boot 15 items boot 14 items
cdrom 0 items link to media/cdrom cdrom 0 items
debootstrap 1 item (no matching folder)
dev 1,622 items dev 203 items
etc 210 items etc 221 items
acpi 31 items acpi 31 items
alsa 1 item (no matching folder)
alternatives 163 items alternatives 140 items
apm (no matching folder)
(no matching folder) apparmor 5 items
(skip down)
fstab 800 bytes fstab 935 bytes





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