[Mentalunix-developers] Misc MentaLinux stuff

[Knie D. <nul...@ya...>]

Ok, i was trying to download helixgnome again today,
but i didnt get very far.  So, I decided i was gonna
use blackbox instead.  But It wasn't installed.  So, i
thought xfce.  Didn't have that either!

So, i went and dled, them, and im running xfce right
now, and I must say, it kicks ass.  

Also, i was hangin out in the Yahoo linux chat room
earlier, and someone was having probs with a cd-writer
install under linux, and someone mentioned the idea of
creating a cd-burner distro!    So, as a simple
suggestion, lets add a cdburner workstation type
install option or two as well as the other options.

As for the other stuff that i mentioned earlier. 
Heres a starter:

/etc => system wide config stuff.  
/etc/X11 => X11 config stuff
/etc/network => network config files
/etc/apache => apache config stuff
/etc/users => just an idea for something!
/var/log => log files
/var/lock => lock files (display, consoles, modem,
etc)
/var/cache =>similar to /tmp but for other reasons
/tmp => system wide temp dir
/usr => system dependent files (think something like
the windows system directory)
/usr/local => local app location (think windows
program files directory)
/usr/bin => system wide user apps
/bin => system wide apps and startup stuff.  (text
editors, stuff like that)
/sbin => system admin apps
/usr/sbin => user admin apps
/usr/local/bin => app executables (self explanitory!)
/usr/X11 => link to /usr/X11R6 or whatever
/usr/X11XX => base X directory
/usr/local/games => games 
/usr/share/docs =>system wide docs (howto's, man
pages, etc)
/usr/share/docs/man => see above
/usr/share/docs/howto => see above
/var/config => system wide program config files
(system wide netscape config file, XF86Config back up,
etc)
/var/mpkg => location of mpkg database
/opt => other option apps (kde, gnome, other
windowmanagers, etc) 
/opt/wm => windowmanager dir (use this for kde, gnome
and stuff instead of simply /opt)
/opt/Audio => dir to stick audio stuff in
/usr/share/sounds => system sounds
/opt/Video => similar to /opt/Audio, for video stuff


thats a basic beginning.  Not sure how much follows
the FHS and stuff, and there are some new things there
too.  the /opt/Audio and Video dirs are pointless, not
suer what they could be used for, just seemed like a
good idea!  

also, i think we should use debians /etc tree (with
some minor mods)

Feel free to change, suggestion, comment, criticize,
etc


Dustin

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