Announcing GoboLinux 017.01 - Passing the Torch 🔥
gobolinux.org

I discovered GoboLinux not long ago and was disappointed to see it was no longer being maintained. It’s exciting to see some folks are picking it back up again.

  • navordar@lemmy.ml
    1·
    3 days ago

    When switching from Windows, it was very confusing to me, that program files where all over the place. It was before (almost) every distro switched to the /usr directory, so it was even worse than it is now. Even now, when I understand more about Linux than before, I still prefer the Windows way.

    I think that this hierarchy is nice for people moving from Windows, but experienced enough that they could understand the docs and tweak the OS.

    I was actually surprised that this distro was designed with more experienced people in mind, I thought it was for beginners.

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Doesn’t Windows leave program files and data all over the place too?

      • navordar@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 days ago

        Well, the configuration and state in both cases is all over the place. I admit that since the move to push program directories to /usr and the XDG share/config directories the problem has been largely solved. I only shared my perception when I was learning Linux, which was right after Mandriva came out

      • JTskulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Yes, most people aren’t aware of it as they’ve seen inside Program Files and assumed that was all the program’s data.