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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).

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Filesystem Hierarchy Standard - Reference Poster / Cheatsheet [Dark mode in details] (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey, I've recently designed a Poster about the FHS since I often forget where I should place or find things. Do you have any feedback how to make it better?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've never seen /etc/opt used. Usually if an app is in /opt, the entire app is there, including its config which is frequently at /opt/appname/etc/.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Quest One Identity does.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

/opt is kinda legacy at this point. That used to be the location where you'd install software manually in the past but I haven't seen it used for some time, it was more common in the 00's.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I still put all my standalone apps in there (meaning apps that are often statically compiled and expect the executable, logs, and config to be in the same directory), as well as apps that have their own docker-compose.yml file. Should I be putting them somewhere else? I know /srv exists but I've never used it and I don't think Debian creates it by default.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That seems like a fine use for /opt