GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy [LWN.net]

GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy

Posted Jan 22, 2004 4:24 UTC (Thu) by vblum (subscriber, #1151)
Parent article: GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy

This sounds like a dream - a Unix-like system where you can actually find things in an
intuitive way! Almost too good to be true ... well, too good for now, I guess. But, Linux
distributors would do well to look at such an effort - only then can you expect some average
person to be able to administer such a system in real life. Go Gobo.

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GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy

Posted Jan 22, 2004 20:41 UTC (Thu) by Frej (subscriber, #4165) [Link]

Not foolproof. English is not the only language in town.

GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy

Posted Jan 23, 2004 2:04 UTC (Fri) by xorbe (guest, #3165) [Link]

If you only had access to the source...

GoboLinux - Fun with File System Hierarchy

Posted Jan 29, 2004 17:54 UTC (Thu) by ahilliard (guest, #19049) [Link]

That sort of misses the point - whether or not you have the source, there's going to be trouble if the directories are named 'programs' 'programmes' and 'sendefolgen' (and that's only European languages).