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There are efforts to fix this. In Arch Linux, all binaries are now in /usr/bin, and /bin is just a symlink to /usr/bin.

• TylerE 13y ago
  That's not my problem. My problem is: Where is the template file for xyz, or the doc, or the example config, or ...
  • pavanky 13y ago
    What are the equivalent locations for windows ? Also almost all programs installed via the package manager will use the same paths. If you are installing a package manually, then things get more.. interesting.
    • TylerE 13y ago
      Practically universally: C:/Program Files/FooProg
      • qu4z-2 13y ago
        In fairness, program files, templates, docs, settings, and examples on Windows are often in some mix of C:/Program Files (x86)/VendorName/FooProg C:/Users/Me/AppData/Local/FooProg C:/Users/Me/My Documents/FooProg/ C:/VendorName/FooProg (I'm looking at you, AMD) The registry (which is sorta like /etc, and often abused to store stuff like recent searches, etc) Linux is definitely worse on that front I agree, but let's not pretend Windows is super-consistent about file locations. I only say this after much frustration recently trying to find things.