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Linux Essentails

Linux directory structure  /                          "Root" "Slash" /bin                      Binaries files or executable files /etc                      Configuration files /home                  User home directory, separate user data (pics etc) /home/shannan   User Shannan home directory /root                    Home directory for root account. /opt                     Third-party software (google earth gets installed) /tmp                    Temporary space (OS cleans these directory at boot time) /usr                      User related programs lives /usr/bin /usr/lib /usr/sbin /var                     Variable data (logs files). Things that change often /var/log /cdrom                Mount point for CD-ROM /media /boot                   Files needed to boot OS /lib                      System libraries /lost+found        Used by the filesystem keep recovered files after check has been performed /mnt                   Used for mounting e