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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linux Directory Structure - FHS (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mostly historical reasons, /home was often a network mounted directory, but /root must be local.

And only regular users have their home in /home

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Idk why I feel compelled to add this info, but / doesn't have to be local as long as the necessary kernel modules for mounting it are available in the initrd or built into the kernel.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Yes, that is true. I was speaking in the context of very early Unix/Linux before initrd was a thing.