From: Eric Schwartz Date: 2003-06-13T06:25:04+09:00 Subject: Re: Rubyx (provisionally named) linux distro. Made by and run by Ruby Andrew Walrond writes: > The FHS is the way it is mainly because of the way old unix systems used > to be setup (disks), and with multiple users on terminal all using one > machine. This isn't very realistic anymore. That's not the point of the FHS. The point of FHS is "Standard is better than better." I'm no FHS flack, and honestly, if you don't want to use it, no-one will make you, and you can do whatever makes you happy. All I'm saying is that FHS complians means: *) Admins used to other linux boxes can use a Rubyx box with ease *) Users, likewise *) 3rd-party software will fit in nicely *) easier separation of filesystems. > Machines are (by and large) > either standard-alone rack mounted web/mail/game servers, or on someones > desktop with one intermittent user. Harddrives are enormous, reliable > and almost free. But they still fail (quite often, with certain IBM devices, I'm told). Filesystems still get corrupted. It's nice to have /, /usr, and maybe /var and /home on separate partitions, so failures on one don't affect the rest. > I've tried to rationalise the filesystem a bit (not > much) such that it reflects reality better, without breaking expected > functionality And that's well and good, but if it's incompatible with other FHS-compliant systems, I fear people will be induced to think yours is the odd one out. > It's not much really. I've introduced /pkg which contains all the > packages, each in it's own directory. And I've collapsed the /, /usr, > /usr/local directories. A few other minor tweaks *shrug* If it works for you, that's all that matters. I'm happy with Debian, it works for me, and that's all I care about. Have fun with Rubyx! -=Eric -- Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare. -- Blair Houghton.