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Hi all, |
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I don't know if this has come up before so excuse me if I am repeating. |
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I recently stumbled upon the following Linux distribution: |
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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 to |
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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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I know the opinions on this are shared and some people like the old |
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arrangement, but believe me I've seen lots of new users that come to |
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Linux and don't understand a thing from the file system arrangement. I |
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for one have learned this very well and I get used to it, but for the |
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normal user things should be intuitive ... |
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The compatibility problem can be solved by creating links for each |
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directory in the old scheme to a new one that contains links to |
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programs,libs,etc each in their place. |
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I think Gentoo has the power to give the user this choice, and since |
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Gentoo it's all about choices I think the developers here can make this |
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happen and make it well. |
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I propose a new USE flag or any other option that portage supports and |
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the modifications needed to install each program in it's directory and |
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create the links to their places. |
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I want to ask the developer community if it is willing to put this in |
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practice and give the Gentoo users another choice to make their Linux |
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system the way they want it and like and understand it and not the way |
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others do or did. |
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Thanks all, |
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Alex. |
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