Hey, I’ve recently designed a Poster about the FHS since I often forget where I should place or find things. Do you have any feedback how to make it better?

Edit: Put up new version

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    • Korthrun@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      19·
      9 months ago

      Bonus tip: Many distros make this info available on the cli by including a “hier” man page that you can read using the command “man hier”.

      • Toaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        9 months ago

        What an amazing cheat sheet then!

        I’m about to print this out to add to my pile, thanks for taking the time.

    • callcc@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      I think because they want to have files from different packages separate and easily addable and removable using symlinks.

      Also some things in the FHS make no sense for modern computers where storage is cheap and system storage is rarely shared amongst systems. The same applies for single-users/desktop machines. But it’s the only standard we have so, why not keep it for now.

  • detonator9798@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    Where to mount permanent HDDs? Always thought it was in /mnt but the description says it’s for temporarily filesystems…

    • callcc@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I think the FHS doesn’t really tell you where. In the end you can out them wherever you want as long there is no conflict with the FHS. Even /mnt/something seems fine. Just not really recommended.