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I've always wondered why things wasn't set up like this from the beginning, much less pain for humans!
by carlhjerpe 9y ago
I've always wondered why things wasn't set up like this from the beginning, much less pain for humans!
- chme 9y agoBecause computers where originally designed to work within the given limitations. In current time, where we have more computing power and storage than we know what to do with it, we can allow computers to be inefficient for the sake of becoming easier to use.
- blablabla123 9y agoOne giant directory for ls and one for cp? ;)
- jlebrech 9y agoeach file (command) had one function and there wasn't a need to version things as much.
- remir 9y agoFor some people Unix is like a religion. What the GoboLinux developers did is wonderful, and yet some people will criticize them because "what about Unix traditions?!".
- digi_owl 9y agoThe FHS kinda grew organically, as best i can tell. As the initial installs of Unix bumped into problems, local solutions were found that was then documented and presented as gatherings or in newsletters.