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Filesystem Layout

One of the goals of the Elementary project is to hide away /etc, /bin and all those other folders that make no sense to a user. I vote that we not only hide them away, but for the purposes of the root filesystem, literally throw them away completely. In my opinion, although the arrangement might make sense to a computer, it's a complete clusterf' to even advanced users. Where should application binaries be installed? /bin? /usr/bin? /usr/share/appname/bin? /usr/local/share/appname/bin? This kind of filesystem layout makes providing a third-party installation system such as the one described above difficult as there would be no standardization between third-party developers (and indeed this is the case with Linux packages now).

I propose the following root filesystem:

Applications
Drives
Users
System
Boot
Devices
Hives
Libraries
Utilities

Applications
This directory is for application storage. It acts similar to the Program Files directory on Windows, except that all application installations go in their each individual folder here. The PATH variable will include the following definition:

/Applications/*/

so that typing 'applicationname' on the command line will run the appropriate application (e.g. applicationname might be an executable located in "My Application", but the user does not need to explicitly specify the "My Application").

vuksamotnjak je napisao/la:Filesystem Layout

Suko je napisao/la:Ja predlažem slijedeći filesystem:

Kod: Označi sve

/Moje
/Programi
/NE DIRAJ!

Time bi se stvari znatno olakšale 90% korisnika.
Eto. Sad vi krenite programirati da bude tako.
JA sam svoje obavio.

/p0rn

iv@n je napisao/la:

Suko je napisao/la:Ja predlažem slijedeći filesystem:

Kod: Označi sve

/Moje
/Programi
/NE DIRAJ!

Time bi se stvari znatno olakšale 90% korisnika.
Eto. Sad vi krenite programirati da bude tako.
JA sam svoje obavio.

Kod: Označi sve

/p0rn

my 50cents