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On 10/05/10 15:28, John Hansen wrote:
I am of the opinion that many who move from Windows to Linux will find the filing system very different and not a little difficult to get used to. In that respect I prefer the Windows filing system. John W
It can take a bit of getting used to but it's much more powerful than having drive letters. The majority of the time installing applications can be done through a package manager (so no need to worry about where to put stuff), and any user specific files (settings, documents etc) are stored in the user's individual home directory off /home
If you really look into Windows then you'll see it's not as simple as it looks, for instance...
My Documents on Windows 95/98C:\Windows\My Documents or C:\Windows\Profiles\Username\My Documents (if Windows has user profiles enabled)...
My Documents on Windows NT 4: C:\WINNT\Profiles\Username\My Documents My Documents on Windows 2000 & XP: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents My Documents on Vista and Windows 7: C:\Users\Username\DocumentsThen you have application settings which can be stored in Local Settings or Application Data (at least on Windows 2000 & XP) or in AppData, Appdata\Local, Appdata\LocalLow on Windows Vista and 7.
Compare that to Linux... Documents: /home/username Application settings: /home/username/.application-name or /etc/applicationname/(Okay I know sometimes settings may be kept in folders inside folders such as Gnome applications).
Adding external media too is easy on Linux, nowadays anyway... stuck in a USB stick, memory card, CD/DVD and chances are an icon will appear on the Desktop, and usually it also appears in /media with a readable name such as the name of the disc/memory card/stick etc.
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