On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 11:41 -0800, Aldo Foot wrote: > > I hope I am not off-topic, but one thing that sorta bothers > me is that many, if not *most* applications are being placed > in /usr/share as if a catchall place? It seems to contain > more > than 50% of /usr space alone? > > It seems to me, that many applications such as 'games' for > example, > ought to be in it's own common directory such > as /usr/(local/)games > so that these (large) applications can be easily > symlinked/mounted > elsewhere if need be, otherwise it can be bothersome to move, > mount, > or symlink these otherwise potentially large applications? > > I wonder what the point is of having /usr/games, /usr/local > if > no one seems to use these otherwise mostly empty directories? > > I seem to think it might be an added bonus giving the > installer > the choice as to where to install their application(s)? > > Just wondering. Me too. /opt appears to be not used at all. Packages like OO used to live there, and /usr/bin is REALLY crowded nowadays since the use of /usr/X11/bin got canceled. I'm wondering too. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
