Why is the linux file hierarchy better?
There are many articles around the web about the differences between the windows file hierarchy and the linux one. One thing they don't say is which one is better and why. My aim in this article is to show why the linux file hierarchy is a better model.
It is also not just the file hierarchy either. It is the way the operating system uses the hierarchy that makes a big difference. In fact I would go so far to say that it is the combination of the two that gives linux its biggest advantage over windows. Forget about available programs, security, stability and any other thing you can think of. What one party will dispute the other will refute and both camps have plenty of examples to prove their point. However there is not much that can be disputed or refuted about the operating systems file hierarchy and how it is used.
Lets start with a brief description of each file hierarchy and then go into details. The windows file hierarchy is compartmentalised with each file system confined to its own volume or partition. Each partition is given its own letter of the alphabet to describe its root. I say root because it is easy to think of a file hierarchy as a tree. The tree starts off with a single root and branches off into other branches and ending up with leaves. Anyway the windows model is like many trees each in its own pot. The linux file hierarchy has only one root and all other partitions branch off of that root. In that sense the linux tree has only one pot and all the other branches connect on to the main one. While this may seem like linux is putting all of its eggs in one basket you will see that this is not so.
From that rather simple explanation of the file hierarchy I am now going to get into the nitty gritty.
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