2008/8/15 Reenen Laurie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I cannot second this... 50 years of using cryptic names is now a legacy, but > it's not a good one. I blogged about this exactly about 4 weeks ago > (http://reenenlaurie.blogspot.com/2008/08/what-linux-must-change.html) but, > things are the way they are, and I guess it won't change.
I replied before reading you blog. :-( Clearly you have a limited understanding of unix type OS's. [not meant in a rude way] As Marco point out. From a command line window, please type: man hier This will explain in part, the file system hierarchy. Also remember that unix type OS's are designed from the ground up to be multi-user systems. Remotely connect to it, or remotely use parts of it. So certain file system parts (directories) of a company's Unix Box (server) could be shared amongst it's employees workstations (as if it's part of there local hard drives). Anyway, there are many other really cool stuff the unix type OS's can do, which might confuse a newbie, but this is where the 50+ years of unix evolution comes to play. It's quite fascinating to research. If you have the time, please do so—it's an eye opener. You will appreciate the power of unix so much more! Regards, - Graeme - _______________________________________________ fpGUI - a cross-platform Free Pascal GUI toolkit http://opensoft.homeip.net/fpgui/ _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
