Linux Directory Structure - FHS

sag · edit-2 7M

Linux Directory Structure - FHS

@warmaster@lemmy.world · 7M

This image shows how the system stores it’s own stuff. Your junk will go in /home/mtchristo/whatever you want.

If you don’t like that, you can do whatever you want. Linux will let you.

Think of it like in Windows where you have this structure.

Deebster · edit-2 7M

That’s an old image, though - Windows has a C:\Users\youruser setup like /home/youruser for a while now.

I find the %APPDATA% thing way less convenient than ~/.config and I’m quite happy when programs have the “bug” that they still use ~/.config on Windows.

@warmaster@lemmy.world · 7M

Yeah, but my point is that every OS has system folders. And Linux gives you more freedom.

Deebster · 7M

Bad wording on my part, I wasn’t disagreeing. My file server has a /files directory because it saves me a few key strokes and because I can.