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I think the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard is a better resource than this. Version 2.3 can be browsed at http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html. Development of version 3.0 (the first update since 2004) began in 2011; you can see a draft at http://www.linuxbase.org/betaspecs/fhs/fhs/index.html

>>sciuru+(OP)
I've used linux for years (15? 20? get off my lawn... :)

Thank you for posting this link! I never knew why the paths were what they were, I could only explain what to expect in each.