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> I honestly don't think that there is a hugely desperate requirement to
> drastically change the file structure. Yeah, sure, we should probably put
> stuff in sbin, and split the file system across different partitions - I
> personally have /home on a separate partition, along with /var/spool/mail
> and /usr/local. This way you dont loose valuable/personal/customisations
> if you trash a partition...
I suggest adoption of the 'Filesystem Hierarchy Standard' (successor
for Linux FSSTND which is accepted by BSD too) as most free software
will use that in the future anyway.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/
In any case, recommendable reading!
- Eero