Re: File Systems.

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>]

Jochem Huhmann wrote:
> 
> I see that, but what is the "Linux Standard Base" about then? Is it just
> about the kernel? Obviously not. So what is that "Linux" in "Linux
> Standard Base"? IMHO it is what the LSB specifies to be called,
> recognized and treated as "Linux". And then, everything not embraced by
> that specification isn't Linux but some 3rd party application and has as
> such go to /opt if installed by a package or to /usr/local if installed
> manually by the admin.
> 

No distribution vendor is ever going to embrace this philosophy.  It's
completely needlessly restrictive.

	-hpa