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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard - Reference Poster / Cheatsheet [Dark mode in details] (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by callcc to c/[email protected]

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Hey, I've recently designed a Poster about the FHS since I often forget where I should place or find things. Do you have any feedback how to make it better?

I updated the poster: https://whimsical.com/fhs-L6iL5t8kBtCFzAQywZyP4X use the link to see online.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Super useful, thanks. Actually made a lot of things click in my head about how Linux works.

When did /home get deprecated? Is /usr/local the replacement?

Sorry for the n00b question (I'm not a noob, but I have been off Linux for a few years), figured the answer may be useful to other users too

[–] vole 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

/home is not deprecated, it's optional but common. Here is the section from FHS: https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s08.html

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

then the legend should be fixed its confusing, as is the whole idea of FHS is outdated and a chore for new users to get into (i still don't fully understand it)

difference between /media and /mnt
wtf is /run? some glorified /temp?
/usr/sbin "non vital system binaries" ... aha ok, whatever don't tell me you understand the difference between 6 (SIX !) differen bin/sbin folders
could continue forever...

[–] callcc 4 points 11 months ago

The legend is a bit broken. Will fix it maybe.

As for the rest, yes, the FHS can be confusing. It's from a time where mostly professional admins would deal with it and requirements were pretty different from today's end-user systems. If you want to understand more, I urge you to read the spec. It's highly readable! https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

/mnt is for more permanent stuff. /run is for shit like a USB drive some user has connected. It's the place that most distro automount your attached storage by default (/run/$USER/$DEVICE/)