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>>taubek+(OP)
Speaking of this, is there a good resource that elegantly but succinctly describes the intent of each of linux’s (Unix’s?) root directories?

I’ve spent like eight years with Ubuntu and realize it’s all symbol manipulation to me. I learn what is and goes where but all in practice and never because I understand the semantics.

>>Waterl+k7
Many distros, including Debian & Ubuntu, have merged /bin and /usr/bin, with symlinks for backwards compatibility: /bin -> /usr/bin (and similarly for /usr/lib etc).

https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseFor...

>>drothl+A9
Arch and Gentoo does the same, though I don't think they break their respective package managers

>>kajiry+Ct
Fedora has too, and doesn't have any issues.

Considering Debian is the only one that hasn't just switched, it does sound like a mountain out of a molehill for package manager breakage.