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On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:44:26 +0200 |
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Alexandru Mincu <mincua@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> http://www.gobolinux.org/ |
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> They have an idea that Mac OS X implemented it when it first came out |
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> to be more user friendly. |
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> They are trying to remove the old UNIX file system scheme with the/bin |
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> /etc /usr /var, etc directories and are trying to implement a little |
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> more intuitive version of the file system hierarchy. |
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This is an idea that comes up quite often, especially with people who |
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come from the Microsoft or Mac world. As far as Gentoo is concerned, |
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it is quite a lot of work (although not particularly difficult) for very |
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little gain. The primary motivation for GoboLinux seems to be to make |
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it easy to find which files go with which applications. You already |
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have that information of course, in /var/db/pkg/.../CONTENTS. |
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Indeed, it would be trivial to do the GoboLinux thing but inverted - |
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leave everything where it currently is, and build a big tree of |
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symlinks from the places you want. That's a lot of symlinks, however... |
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One last thing - their 'readdir' kernel hack ("GoboHide") - that's |
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really nasty! Hacking the kernel interfaces to deliberately break |
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compatibility is lunacy. |
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-- |
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Kevin F. Quinn |
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