Re: Why complicated directory structure in Linux

I wrote:

In the early years the file system hierarchy was much, much simpler.

Timothy Murphy writes:

In what way?

Only a small number of required directories.

And what do you mean by "early years"?

1970s

Are you speaking of Linux, or Unix?

Unix, of course.
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