[plug] Partition sizes on a new install

[SweenyTod]

At 11:20 AM 2/08/2000, you wrote:
>On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, SweenyTod wrote:
>
> > /var from what my newbie brain can tell seems to be a dumping ground for
> > all sorts of stuff.  There are mail queues, log files which can get pretty
>
>That'd be var for "variable".  System files that change during normal
>running are there. Dont you think /etc/mtab  ought to be in /var ?

At the risk of sounding dumb, I have no idea what mtab is.  :)  I just had 
a look at my home machine (SSH rules) and it's got some cryptic file system 
stuff in it.

>/etc used to be a dumping groud, before they cleared out everything except
>the config files. Now its badly named. Where can I call for a vote to
>rename /etc to /config ? Or should that be /cfg?

The Linux Standards group is busy doing all this stuff right now I 
think.  :)  Join in and have a say.  They've made a /opt, where it seems 
third party apps get installed, or parts of them.  Mabye opt for options?


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