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3possible duplicate of /usr/bin vs /usr/local/bin on Linuxjasonwryan– jasonwryan2014-03-24 21:45:15 +00:00Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 21:45
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I'm well aware of what they're used for. I'm really more interested in why people (I think Fedora did that) chose to merge everything into /usr/bin rather than the other way around. Obviously, it's not really necessary to follow the original intention of /bin and /sbin anymore. At least not on the desktop. I was going to design my own, Debian based distro and this is something I have been pondering with. Just seems more elegant to me to have all applications in /bin.user237251– user2372512014-03-24 21:51:32 +00:00Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 21:51
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I think Fedora did that Fedora symlinked /bin, /lib, /lib64 and /sbin to /usr/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/lib64 and /usr/sbin. /bin and /sbin are still separate.Dennis– Dennis2014-03-24 23:56:26 +00:00Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 23:56
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