Re: Why complicated directory structure in Linux

The Natural Philosopher writes:
As opposed to /usr/bin which was user accessible binaries

'usr' originally meant 'user'. It is where users had their home
directories. When the number of programs grew those not needed before the
other disks/partitions were mounted were moved to /usr/bin. Eventually
home directories were moved to /home. /usr then became the place for
everything not needed in single-user mode. More recently the FHS was
designed to take into account remote mounting, sharing, sensible
partitioning, and backward compatibility.
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John Hasler
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Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
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