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?
Edit: Put up new version
Dark mode
Dark mode?
Added!
Is that the only thing that changes between versions?
I added icons and corrected some things.
Thanks for clearing that up, But are these changes only available in dark theme?
Edit: rephrased the question.
I am new to Linux, is this the current “standard” file system?
Yes, it is. FHS stands for Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
What an amazing cheat sheet then!
I’m about to print this out to add to my pile, thanks for taking the time.
i wonder why nixos adopted a different hierarchy…
I think because they want to have files from different packages separate and easily addable and removable using symlinks.
Also some things in the FHS make no sense for modern computers where storage is cheap and system storage is rarely shared amongst systems. The same applies for single-users/desktop machines. But it’s the only standard we have so, why not keep it for now.
thank you
But it’s the only standard we have so, why not keep it for now.
Because making new standards is fun.
I have 2 questions:
Do I understand the colors correctly in that /home is deprecated and shouldn’t be used? What’s the alternative in that case?
Where would you guys put configuration files for services? /srv seems like an adequate directory
The colors are confusing. I meant to mark /home as non-standard since it’s not mandated by the FHS.
The FHS doesn’t specifically mention the config of webservices but /srv seems good to me. Read https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s17.html for more info.
Edit: Changed colors
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