Re: Why complicated directory structure in Linux

In comp.os.linux.setup Dave Uhring <daveuhring@xxxxxxxxx>:
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:18:25 -0700, mydejamai wrote:

Why is Linux directory structure laid out so, what is the rationale

Why don't you read the man page for hier before asking such a dumb
question?

He might not be aware that Linux is quite well documented?

The Linux filesystem hierarchy is just following LSB*, respectively
FHS and should be as much on par with "The Single UNIX
Specification, Version 3" -> ISO POSIX (2003) as possible.

* http://www.freestandards.org/spec/

With all those shinny GUIs people might not be aware that Linux
is technical speaking just another unix OS?

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