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Linux Directory Structure - FHS (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have always wondered why there was a developer folder(/dev)

Now i know that the government is trying to make people think it stands for something else so they can replace all programmers with advanced random number generators

[–] Zeppo 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Also /lib is where some people keep discarded capitalists

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I need to get this in sticker form

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Why is /mnt a "temporary" mounting point? I alwags put my permanent ones there. I'd say /media is temporary...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So where are programs installed?

I was playing with Linux the other day and installed something and was tearing my hair out trying to find where the exe or whatever was to launch the damn program.

None of the folders made any sense to me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It should be in /bin or /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin. You can use "which" command to know

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

or /opt, or a binary in some hidden folder in /home...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Just forwarded this pic to my dad. I'll be guiding him in installing Mint on one of his old Windows desktops this coming Saturday! Wish us luck in the coming years 😂

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[–] MrMobius 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for that, I always wondered about the meaning behind a few of these directories.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just know this isn't a universal layout and depends on the distro.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

immuatables be all about /var

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For many systems out there, /bin and /lib are no longer a thing. Instead, they are just a link to /usr/bin and /usr/lib. And for some systems even /sbin has been merged with /bin (in turn linked to /usr/bin).

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