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Fedora Aims To Simplify Linux Filesystem

Posted by samzenpus on from the like-sunday-morning dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Even Linux's most passionate partisans will admit that its filesystem, which stashes vital files in a variety of arcane directories, can be baffling to users. The developers at the Fedora project want to cut the Gordian knot and consolidate all executables into /usr/bin and all libraries into /usr/lib or /usr/lib64. One downside: this system would conflict with the standards developed by the Linux Standard Base, or the (rarely used) Filesystem Hierarchy Standard."

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  1. Simple by wsxyz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just store everything in /
    What could be simpler?

  2. Re:When do we get compression? by SuperQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    This isn't 1995. Nobody cares about filesystem level compression anymore. Go buy a 2T drive.

  3. Re:When do we get compression? by paulatz · · Score: 4, Funny

    tl; dr

    try compressing your comment for greater readability

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