GoboLinux Rethinks The Linux Filesystems

dolbywan_kenobi writes "GoboLinux is an alternative Linux distribution which redefines the entire filesystem hierarchy. In GoboLinux we have paths such as /Programs/XFree86/4.3/ and /System/Settings/BootScripts/Reboot." By design, GoboLinux is quite a bit different from most Linux distributions, and -- notably -- is a live ISO, always nice.

Comments

Great Idea!

[Lu Xun]

While we're at it, let's rename all the streets so we all have to relearn how to get where we want to go! Excellent!

Re:Great Idea!

[phaze3000]

Pah, you Americans and your right-angle turn streets. Come to Britain and experience true street confusion - streets that turn right/left, with 'new' streets that carry on in a straight line, streets that change their name half way along, crazy one way systems and roundabouts. Seriously, non-intuitive names are a piece of cake by comparison.

Of course, I quite *like* the mad streets over here, it's symptomatic of the wealth of history this country has, and grid-layout streets IMO feel very very artificial by comparison. But then, I'm biased.

Hmm...

[vidnet]

/System/Settings/BootScripts/Reboot, /System/Devices, /System/Status..... Is there a /Winnt/System32 too?

Re:Is it just me,

[Eevee]

Of course it does. Using real words for directory names instead of easy to remember abbreviations is a mark of evil.

Remember, they did it just to piss you off.

root = gobo?

[bazik]

In GoboLinux, we chose to choose the superuser's name. It's called "gobo". It's fun, less ambiguous and even a bit more secure (since most crackers will try to login in your machine as root, you can setup a dummy, easy-to-break "root" account that will serve as a cracker-trap). Remember to set the roots prompt to PS1="C:\>" for the ultimate cracker-trap! :)

Standards, standards

[gallir]

Yeah,, yeah, standards are good, you have many to choose from.

Shaken, not stirred

[SuperBanana]

News It's official: GoboLinux 006 is out!

How appropriate- MI6's Agent 006 was a traitor.

I like my filesystems shaken up, not stirred.

Oh, great...

[St. Vitus]

Just what we need. Linux distributions named after Fraggles.

Re:3 comments and nearly /.ed

[AvantLegion]

In GoboLinux, we chose to choose the superuser's name. It's called "gobo". It's fun, less ambiguous and even a bit more secure

Fun, indeed! Unix/Linux geeks sure know how to have a good time. Wheeeee!

Re:Finally!

[Malcontent]

"Hopefully gobo have also sorted the Installing-a-program bomb-blast, i.e. as soon as you install something it scatters a million files all over the filesystem in different directories that makes it impossible to keep track of and (sometimes) impossible to completely remove if you compiled it rather than used a package manager."

Yes. Windows has this problem solved completely. For example in windows when you install a file it goes into c:\program files\progname. All the libraries go into c:\winnt\system32. The config files sometimes go into the c:\program files\progname or into c:\winnt\systems32 ir get merged into a binary file called the registry. Any files that are shared go into c:\program files\common files\progname.

Linux will no go anywhere until program installs are as clean as windows. Look how nice the windows system is!

Re:Is it just me,

[Stween]

There are many Windows also. They just aren't made by different people.

Blasphemy!

[Rui del-Negro]

Are you suggesting that anyone needs more than 640KB...?

RMN
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