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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: A radical idea
From:       Seth Nickell <snickell () stanford ! edu>
Date:       2001-11-14 10:40:03
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On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 00:02, Wilco Greven wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 04:22:35PM -0800, Seth Nickell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 15:52, Wilco Greven wrote:
> > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 02:11:11PM -0800, Seth Nickell wrote:
> > > > snip rant
> > > >
> > > > Bullshit. Filesystem should be so simple you don't have to learn it, and
> > > > I don't think its easy to explain to newbies either. Additionally, I
> > > > think the ordering is less than helpful, even for "advanced users".
> > > 
> > > I suggest that you read the FHS first. It gives a purpose for the
> > > existence of the different directories you complaint about.
> > 
> > I am quite familiar with the FHS. Remind me which directories I have
> > complained about? All I've done is put them in slightly different places
> > with different names.
> 
> You were talking about the separation between /bin and /usr/bin being
> arbitrary, while that is definitely not true.

good point. Actually, as currently used on Linux systems its pretty much
arbitrary.

-seth

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