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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (4 children)

A pedantic thing to say, surely, but the title really should've been: "Linux Directory Structure" -- 'Linux filesystems' (the title in the graphic) refers to a different topic entirely; the title of this post mitigates the confusion a bit, though still, 'directory structure' is the better term.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

To be more pedantic the correct title would be the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)...which describes the directory structures

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Sure but for example I understand that /dev and /proc are actually kind of filesystems on their own

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Right?

I was expecting superiors to the fat & exfat file storage systems

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yep, You are right. Done