Directory structures in the future and other things I want.

[Les Mikesell]

Casey Dahlin wrote:
> 
>> I guess this the real issue. What is a normal user these days? Why can
>> a user get the equivalent of lsusb/lspci via Gnome/KDE but not
>> normally as a user. Should those have been put in some 'protected'
>> area so that their .desktop and executables are only available if you
>> are root.
>>
>>   
> 
> The approach you're using to the filesystem is wrong. We don't need to 
> make it more accessible. We need to do the opposite. The user that can't 
> handle unix file paths doesn't need to have the system changed to 
> accomodate him. He needs to be kept inside his home folder where he 
> can't break anything.

This kind of misses the point that with the advent of the personal 
computer the user became his own administrator.

> It seems strange that the majority of the folder structure is the OS's 
> business alone, but raw space is still very much in the user's domain.

If you turn the OS into a black box appliance with no user-serviceable 
parts inside you can do that.  Or, just expose unix's inherent 
simplicity and let people use it.

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