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  • Leaflet@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlLinux Directory Structure - FHS
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    7 days ago

    Not aware of any correct pictures, but I can tell you what’s wrong with this one

    • /usr: explaining it as “Unix System Resources” is a bit vague
    • /bin: /bin is usually a symlink to /usr/bin
    • /sbin: /sbin is usually a symlink to /usr/sbin, distros like Fedora are also looking into merging sbin into bin
    • /opt: many, I’d say most, “add-on applications” put themselves in bin
    • /media: /media is usually a symlink to /run/media, also weird to mention CD-ROMs when flash drives and other forms of storage get mounted here by default
    • /mnt: i would disagree about the temporary part, as I mentioned before, stuff like flash drives are usually mounted in /run/media by default
    • /root: the root user is usually not enabled on home systems
    • /lib: /lib is usually a symlink to /usr/lib

    I would also like the mention that the FHS standard wasn’t designed to be elegant, well thought out system. It mainly documents how the filesystem has been traditionally laid out. I forget which folder(s), but once a new folder has been made just because the main hard drive in a developer’s system filled up so they created a new folder named something different on a secondary hard drive.


















  • Leaflet@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlEncrypt whole system?
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    11 days ago

    I can sleep “sleep”. All system components are still powered on at this stage, so it uses the most power. But at the same time it’s the quickest to get back into your system. All that’s really happening with sleep is that the screen turns off.

    Then you have suspend. Laptops often first go to sleep but then suspend after a long period of inactivity to save battery.

    Then you have hibernation. I don’t think this is used that often nowadays.