On Tue 30 Jan 01, 10:16 AM, William Kendrick said:
>
> > actually, it is important to forget those. no operating system should
> > install executables in those directories.
>
> No _distribution_ should, no.
>
> The operating system doesn't deal with program installation, though.
operating system meaning: kernel, GNU tools and stuff the company provides.
i don't like saying "the linux OS". linux refers to the kernel only. i
tend to think of the different distros as being different OS's. the fact
that they use the same kernel and GNU tools is more accidental than by
grand design between the developers of the OS's.
however, i realize that you say tomato while i say tomato. :-)
> However, when you go download a .tar.gz and then need to search for it
> later, not looking in the 'local' directories makes it quite difficult
> to find!
true, but EVERYTHING i download goes right into the /usr/local tree, so i
instantly know where my stuff is. if it's not in /usr/local, it's not on
my hard drive. :)
pete
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