Alexandru Mincu wrote: > Hi all, > I don't know if this has come up before so excuse me if I am repeating. > I recently stumbled upon the following Linux distribution: > http://www.gobolinux.org/ > They have an idea that Mac OS X implemented it when it first came out to > be more user friendly. > They are trying to remove the old UNIX file system scheme with the/bin > /etc /usr /var, etc directories and are trying to implement a little > more intuitive version of the file system hierarchy. > I know the opinions on this are shared and some people like the old > arrangement, but believe me I've seen lots of new users that come to > Linux and don't understand a thing from the file system arrangement. I > for one have learned this very well and I get used to it, but for the > normal user things should be intuitive ... > The compatibility problem can be solved by creating links for each > directory in the old scheme to a new one that contains links to > programs,libs,etc each in their place. > I think Gentoo has the power to give the user this choice, and since > Gentoo it's all about choices I think the developers here can make this > happen and make it well. > I propose a new USE flag or any other option that portage supports and > the modifications needed to install each program in it's directory and > create the links to their places. > I want to ask the developer community if it is willing to put this in > practice and give the Gentoo users another choice to make their Linux > system the way they want it and like and understand it and not the way > others do or did. > > Thanks all, > Alex. > > Aaaaiiiin't going to happen. Also, this subject has been beaten to death before; search around the gentoo-dev archives on gmane.org. The latest incarnation is from this thread in the forums:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-182562-highlight-.html Basically, if you want GoboLinux functionality, you use Gobo. Simple.
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