On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 23:26:28 Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
IMNSHO, there are none / zero reasons for a dedicated /usr partition.
Except that it is part of the Filesystem Hierarchy Specificaton for Unix-like operating systems, with a exception proposed for Linux. Read the draft spec linked to elsewhere in this thread. If you disagree with the spec, file a bug against the spec.
And the world is frowning on the practice. Modern systems, especially desktops, are complicated and require a variety of services to spin up at boot [you have wireless security, possibly VPNs, possibly cryptography, hot-plug support for USB and other busses, bluetooth, HID, etc...] and get the machine to a "normal" state. So having this nicely organized in the root volume [ /sbin, /etc, /sbin, /bin, /lib ] is just a nicer way to do it.
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