On Mon 2017-01-09 (22:33), Peter Flynn wrote: > I must have been off-planet when /opt got "standardised"...I still don't > know where it came from.
SysV UNIX > Possibly one of the most unnecessary changes ever to affect Linux. It is a good idea. You can place an optional software package in a single directory and do not have to spread it over /etc /usr/bin /lib ... -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlac...@tik.uni-stuttgart.de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<759e06e1-e311-150c-435e-652638567...@silmaril.ie> -- xubuntu-users mailing list xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users