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What's the point? Why not do it the other way around and put everything in /bin? It almost feels like /usr is the new root.

• duskwuff 10y ago
  1. Less disruption. Most software is already installed to /usr. 2. Installing all software to /usr means that /usr can be made read-only when not installing/upgrading software. This isn't possible if installing to the root, as directories like /etc and /var have to be left writable.
  • parent5446 10y ago
    Ah, thanks for the quick explanation.
  • rhizome 10y ago
    /etc doesn't generally have to be writable, and in a read-only root environment /var will be on its own slice.
  • pkaye 10y ago
    Do you mean the partition containing /usr will be mounted ad read-only?
    • saalaa 10y ago
      He said can be made, that's an option.
  • xyproto 10y ago
    Never heard of /usr/etc and /usr/var ...
• deleted 10y ago
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