On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 02:49:36AM -0600, Alex Romosan wrote: > people). which brings up one of the things that i am beginning to find > annoying about linux these days: this so called file system standard, > which seems to be getting weirder and weirder every day, and more and > more different than the other unixes. i used unix long before there > was even linux, and for a while it was a pleasure to watch linux > transform itself into a full fledged unix-like operating system. but > now it is beginning to suffer from the emacs syndrome, insisting on > doing things its own way for the sake of being different (or so it
I don't think it's for the sake of being different. Usually, there's a genuine (and good) reason. For example, I recently installed FreeBSD 2.2.5 here and was surprised to find that all the non-essential software was installed into /usr/local. When I asked my local expert, he said it's because that's the way traditional BSD systems are installed. But is that a good reason? I don't think so. To me, the FSSTND gives a very nice, pure system; a fresh FreeBSD install does not feel the same. (These comments are not instended to be anti-FreeBSD, since the same applies to Solaris, BSDI, etc). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .