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On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:50:45 +0100 |
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> pk <peterk2@××××××××.se> wrote: |
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>> On 2012-01-05 13:08, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> > If /usr is local, what really is the point of having it separate |
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>> > from /? Have you ever found a Linux system in any condition that |
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>> > could not start just because the stuff in /usr was available? I |
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>> > haven't. |
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>> > Even the split between bin and sbin is arbitrary. It's only there so |
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>> > that users can take sbin out of PATH and not have the screen |
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>> > cluttered with endless junk when they tab-tab. It makes much more |
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>> > sense to me to just have one single bin and lib location and shove |
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>> > everything into it. |
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>> I'm not an admin of a large organization so what do I know... but, I |
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>> still can appreciate the flexibility and "tidyness" it[2] gives you |
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>> in a multi-user system. I also can see this from a security point of |
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>> view ("keep the cool toys from the children")... I personally like it |
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>> for my very local computer as well for the above reasons (flex./tidy). |
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>> 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard |
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>> What you are basically saying is that everything "we" have learned |
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>> about computer systems should be abolished and we adapt the |
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>> monolithic, "black box" philosophy of newish systems like Windows. |
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>> That's how I interpret what you're saying (yes, I do know hardware |
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>> has changed since the 60'ies but not that radically, IMO)... I tend |
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>> to think of Unix as "Lego" where you have lots of little bits with |
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>> clean(ish) interfaces with which you can build whatever you want.dual |
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> Good analogy. I also like building systems from individual Lego bricks. |
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> I don't like having to build the bricks themselves first :-) |
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> Windows goes too far to the other extreme IMO. That OS seems to have |
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> largely abandoned control and there's not much in the way of |
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> structure. Too little control is just as bad as too much |
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Apparently they're going the 'app store' route in Windows 8. |
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