SoulSe Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 In case you were wondering... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 (edited) Shame all of those names are in CAPITALS whereas in reality they are not, and UNIX filesystems are case sensitive... Otherwise, nice overview, thanks for posting. I just realised: they didn't yet include the recently more popular /media for ehm, external media (thumbdrives and such). Edited September 25, 2007 by aRTee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Another directory that seems to be missing here is /usr/src. Some people think the whole "open-source kernel" thing is a noteworthy feature of Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I can imagine many newbies reading that one, and then grabbing a copy of GoboLinux to test their newly acquainted knowledge! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Boy I wish I'd of had this years ago. Might just make it a wallpaper! For those of you (including me) just learning where stuff is this is a must have. When I install a program I'm not sure where it all goes, but I'm learning. I can even compile and install stuff...big thing when you're new. I've been playing with Linux for a long time and waiting for it to get to where I don't need windows. Well it is just about there and I am trying to force myself to learn to do it in linux. Some things only run in windows so I'm stuck with it as a dual boot. Anyway, take a look at this. It will help you to understand where things go when it says done....done what...where? You can also find a program by whereis... If you read a few post down you see that the capitol letters don't belong. Linux commands are case sensitive...DIR does not work...dir does. I know those are commands but it is the same for directories. dir HOME will not work. dir home works. I hope this is not condsidered off topic as part of installing software is being able to run it...it's in there ain't good enough...gotta know where. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I hope this is not condsidered off topic as part of installing software is being able to run it...it's in there ain't good enough...gotta know where. It is off-topic in Software as you are just commenting on a post in another forum. :). I've merged your topic into the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Of course that chart should all be in lowercase. I think even noobies would immediately realise that. It's designed to give you a quick-glance reference of the filesystem layout. Nothing more. I could spend an hour or two making my own chart that uses lowercase or explains things more clearly but I honestly don't have the time and this one serves the purpose well enough. Maybe this weekend... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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