Re: newbie-more questions
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 09:31:02 -0500, ajtiM <ajtim@ctel.net> wrote:
> On SuSE i have in in the /opt KDE, GNOME... in Debian is empty. What
> program should i install here? Real Player? On Debian i have
> also /initrd which is also empty?
Debian follows the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), which you can
find at http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/fhs/
That should tell you where things are located. RedHat, SuSE, and
Mandrake take liberties with where things are installed that are quite
frustrating at times. That's why Debian is better :)
/opt and /usr/local should be reserved for applications *you* install,
not the system. That way you don't have to worry about upgrading
something and clobbering your application with a packaged version.
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