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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: A couple of kde-related problems
From:       "Patrick O'Neil" <patrick () hci ! utah ! edu>
Date:       1999-07-04 15:06:39
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dep wrote:
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> |decision.  This is an issue with the FSSTND, not RH (except, again, insofar
> |as RH has decided to follow the FSSTND -- which, again, most people tend to
> |consider a good thing).
> 
> red hat alone among distributions follows this phony-baloney
> standard. and red hat alone is receiving complaints for having done
> so. so it seems as if practically no one considers it a good thing.

>I< consider it a good thing and I am not a Redhat employee.  There is 
NO need for /opt.  /opt is redundant with /usr/local/.  All opt tends 
to carry is kde and/or pgcc.  Nothing else so far in my linux-life.
EVERYTHING of any importance or use from joe blow gets installed,
almost invariably, into /usr/local.  /usr/local is a perfect place
for ALL addon software, including gnome and kde.  /opt is bizarre,
unneeded, and redundant with no meaningful argument to support it.
Does ANYTHING work better simply because there is an /opt directory?
No.  What gets installed in /opt ?  One or two apps as far as I
can tell.  

It would be a good thing if ALL distros followed a reasonable 
standard (like FSSTND).  It does NO harm.  Following it does not
reduce the power or useability of ANY distro and not following
it does NOT make a distro easier or faster to use.

This is all pointless in any case, not answering the actual 
question...simply making a silly attack on a linux distro.  
Brilliant.

patrick
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