Not that it matters much, ultimately it’s about becoming familiar with where stuff is put, even if it’s in a weird grab bag of /usr, /var, /etc/etc/etc. Still, I can’t help but check out Gobolinux from time to time.
Just shove everything into /opt, all the big professional companies are doing it! They’d never take shortcuts, right?
Oh wait
I read the link
Gobo Linux just turns / into /opt
weird grab bag
You don’t mention whether that is adherence to the FHS or denial of it.
One of those options is, to be clear, violating a standard.
Listen, everyone knows all configs go in /etc/etc/etc. User-configs included.
~] cd / /] ls Programs Users System Data Mountvery macOS-like, wish this would take over. am a convert from that side of the fence and tried a decade or so ago to reform linux by way of symlinks to something similar to this but gave up after a reinstall or two, too much hassle. just like CMD-C/V, relearned the new way.
Also very windows like, aside from
Mount.
TIL about GoboLinux. This is a cool idea.
As a long time Linux user, I’ve always found the file system layout to be a bit esoteric.
What are the criticisms?
The main one that I’m aware of is that Gobo relies on a lot of symlinks to make their folder structure work. The traditional hierarchy is still there because a lot of programs have been designed around it. It’s just hidden.
TIL as well. Biggest disadvantage for me would be not having
~/.configfor easy access to most of my config files.~/.cacheis pretty convenient too. My ideal filesystem layout might include these directories but combine the program root directories into one.The structure of GoboLinux reminds me a lot of Flatpak.
Is the home folder structure different on gobo as well? I never used it so i don’t know but on NixOS and Guix for example only the root file system is different, your home folder is like any other distro.
First time I hear about Gobolinux. A quick websearch for comparison between Nix and Gobolinux brought me this article from 2011: https://sandervanderburg.blogspot.com/2011/12/evaluation-and-comparison-of-gobolinux.html . An interesting system.
If you want different programs to have their own file structure, there’s always NixOS. It’s not as readable, but every package has its own directory in /nix/store.
“This small thing does low-level thing different. Try huge pile of things instead.”
That’s like a vegan reommending Islam instead of eating meat.
Ehhh… I was more going for someone saying they like vegan foods and responding with “ooh, have you tried this recipe?”.
Gobolinux is interesting for sure. I kinda feels similar to nix and guix, but more primitive if that makes sense.
