Thread: CMN goes Linux

Originally Posted by Wallalai

Most distros comply to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

not really...

Originally Posted by the above referenced website

/opt is reserved for the installation of add-on application software packages.
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Locally installed software must be placed within /usr/local rather than /usr unless it is being installed to replace or upgrade software in /usr.

most package mangers ignore the /usr/local hierarchy But I am not a package manager user or expert. I just avoid using it on Suse and in Slackware the package manager is just a gzip file compressed with dir structure from the root and does absolutely no dependency resolution; in short, practically useless.

When building a system the use of the system will dictate what distro to use. I am tempted to move to BSD or LFS (linux from scratch) and have been every time I upgrade my system. I stick with Slackware simply because it as close to BSD & LFS as any distro out there and takes about 20 minutes to install and have running with X and all normal desktop applications. Then another two - three hours to configure for what I want.

Again, this is of little consequence to normal daily users. I want my apps segregated under local; easy to mess about with configs for apache, MySQL, etc. /opt hierarchy is usually not in the path and requires more config work. So mine is pretty MT.

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

also, i need all my windows passwords for torrent sites and forums.

is there any way of getting them from windows without booting into my windows system?

Probably not; you might just want to change your passwords to something yu can remember

if you are using KDE there is place for setting default apps in the file manager, "konqueror." Under settings, "configure Konqueror" the select File Associations.

For Firefox you should be prompted to save or open; after selecting open then you will get another box for an application to open the file that will have check box to "use this application every time..." or something like that. I have found it is unnecessary to do this for most files if I have my file associations set in the the file manager. I usually select "open with... even if I am prompted to browse for the application I ignor that click OK and the app runs with the file.

Under Gnome I have no clue, don't use it. Should be something similar though