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Excellent idea for a page, but I'd refactor it somewhere (when I wasn't at work), perhaps into FileHierarchy? or something, and explain on this page what a filesystem was, ext2/ext3 etc, and how the Windows analog is "FAT" or "NTFS".


The Linux filesystem grows from a main point "/" (Refered to as root)

/boot?
Stores the kernel. Usuallly a seperate Partition at the beginning of the hard drive
/bin?
System binary files (Programs) for use by all users
/dev?
Device files. Represent all devices connected to your computer
/etc?
Contains configuration files for programs
/home?
Each user has a folder in here to store all their personal files. Commonly refered to as ''.
/lib?
Contains libraries needed to run the programs in /bin and /sbin
/mnt?
Provides a place to 'mount' temporary filesystems (eg CDROM, floppy disk)
/opt?
Location for add on software. Usually StaticallyLinked? programs provided in binary form. Some people install TarBalls? in here too, expecially beta software.
/proc?
A "live window" in to kernel parameters.
/root?
home directory of the root SuperUser
/sbin?
Exectuable files to be used only by the root SuperUser
/usr?
For files that can be shared across a whole site among multiple users
/usr/local?
Files that are installed from TarBalls? usually install to here. Contains a full directory structure (bin/, etc/)
/var?
For variable data files

More information can be found at the filesystem hierarchy standard


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