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1. behnam+Cm[view] [source] 2026-01-04 16:12:40
>>csmant+(OP)
This is what happens when a system is designed by multiple people and companies over a long period of time. An amalgam of ideas which are there just because. There's no reason Linux should be like this. e.g., see https://gobolinux.org/ which has more sane dirs.
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2. markst+ot[view] [source] 2026-01-04 16:54:08
>>behnam+Cm
Linux does not use this split any more. Many of these dirs were merged back together. The "/usr merge" was adopted by Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat, Arch Linux, openSUSE and other major distros:

https://itsfoss.gitlab.io/post/understanding-the-linux--usr-...

`man file-hierarcy` defines modern Linux filesystem layout.

https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/file-hierarchy.7.h...

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