DirectoryContains/optThe location that some people decide to use (Web hosting solutions)
DirectoryContains/optThe location that some people decide to use (and some pro- grams want to use) for installing new software packages, suchas word processors and office suites/rootThe superuser s (rootuser s) home directory/sbinThe commands the system administrator needs access to* /srvData for your system s services(the programs that run in thebackground)* /tmpThe place where everyone and everything store temporary files/usrA complex hierarchy of additional programs and files /varThe data that changes frequently, such as log files and your mailSome of these directories have some equally important subdirectories, whichI cover in the upcoming sections. Meet the /etc subdirectoriesAlthough the exact subdirectories that exist in /etccan change from distrib- ution to distribution, the following two are fairly standard: The /etc/X11directory contains configuration details for the X WindowSystem (X), which runs your Graphical User Interface (GUI). See Chap- ter15 for more on the GUI. The /etc/optdirectory contains configuration files for the programs inthe /optdirectory, if you decide to use it. An important addition in Fedora is /etc/sysconfig, which contains configu- ration information for the servicesthat start at boot time, including thingslike your networking. Meet the /mnt and /media subdirectoriesYou may or may not have any subdirectories in /mediaor /mntby default(and you may not have both of these directories at the same time). Typically, however, you do have the following: The /mnt/floppyor /media/floppydirectory is used for adding afloppy disk to your filesystem instead of the word floppy, you mightsee fd0instead. 217Chapter 11: Checking Out the Linux Filesystem17_