Open Source Software

This is by no means a complete history of Linux and is very much a work in progress. However, it’s a very extensive combination of information from usenet posts and Linux authority sites. I would very much like to make it as complete as possible so if you would like to contribute information to this […]

For more information about the Linux directory structure see the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) which is part of the Linux Standard Base (LSB) which is a workgroup of the Free Standards Group.

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The root directory (not to be concerned with the root account) is similar to a drive letter in Windows (C:\, D:\, etc.) except that […]