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The idea of /usr/sbin has failed in practice (www.osnews.com)
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[–] morto@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Gobolinux has been trying to redefine and simplify the linux filesystem for a long time already, but no one gives it a chance

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah it's obviously an improvement but I guess you can't really sell a distro on "it has a more logical filesystem layout which may cause some issues, and it's super super niche which will definitely cause some issues".

Probably a lost cause. I imagine Flatpak will actually work properly before the Unix filesystem hierarchy is made sane.

[–] khleedril@cyberplace.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@FizzyOrange @morto #nix and #guix do exactly this. It is 2025.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not exactly. It is pretty similar though, true.