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71 questions linked to/from How to understand the Ubuntu file system layout?
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Windows like partion in Ubntu22.04
I am new to Linux. Yesterday i have installed ubuntu 22.04 and during the partition I made "/personal" with 300GB space but after installation, it seems this drive is in root and I do not ...
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How to Change Download Directory?
New user.
Is there a way for me to change where my downloads and software get saved/installed?
For example like Spotify, OBS, Blender, VSCode. I don't want those saved to the same drive as my OS, but ...
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Installing software to specific locations?
I am a bit new to linux, or at least Ubuntu specifically (I've tried others such as tails, but that was mostly for web browsing), and have been thinking about migrating to it from windows. Things have ...
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Which part of the file system is data, which is programs, which is neither data nor programs [duplicate]
I tried to look for a full list, which shows, what belongs to which category in the file system. So far all articles I found seemed to be not complete. That's, what I have so far:
bin => programs
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Where does Ubuntu install new programs? [duplicate]
I'm planning on having the OS both in a partitioned SSD and HDD to take advantage of an M.2 drive while having the space in the normal HDD. But where's does the programs get installed by default?
As ...
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How do i find everything that i have installed myself?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04.01.
Say for example i follow a guide that instructs me to install some stuff.
So i run the sudo apt install a few times with different names and im done.
But then after like 2 ...
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Cant install anything in termux using ubuntus root access terminal too install pkg from github that require root [duplicate]
root@localhost:~# apt update && apt upgrade
Hit:1 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports disco InRelease
Hit:2 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports disco-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://ports....
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What is the meaning of "usr"? [duplicate]
Does it mean "user"? I attempted to navigate to usr via cd however I received No such file or directory error.
I could only find in Russian the following information:
"/usr (от англ. User ...
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How to read the directories' names in / directory Ubuntu 18.10 [duplicate]
when I open / directory in Ubuntu 18.10,
some directories' names are as follows, I am confused how to read them in full.
bin = binaries ?
boot = boot
cdrom = -
dev = devices ?
etc = extras ?
home = ...
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Understanding the File System and memory allocation [duplicate]
Some confusion over a warning message saying my root directory is almost full.
What exactly is my root directory, is it synonymous with my home directory, or is it literally the 'root' folder which ...
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How do I boot an ISO file from my drive using grub2 on UEFI machines?
I have a bunch of live ISO files like GParted, CloneZilla, Boot-Repair, Ubuntu 14.04 32 bit, ... downloaded in /opt and on my old BIOS machine, I used to be able to just add them to the grub menu and ...
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Replacing windows with ubuntu
Now I am running windows 8.1 on my laptop.I have 3 disks(C,D,E).Windows 8.1 files are in C disk.Now I want to replace windows 8.1 with ubuntu 17.10.1. How can I keep my D & E safe and install ...
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What is the difference between local and .local in ubuntu?
Echoing path in ubuntu returns following colon separated paths,
/home/stack/bin:/home/stack/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/...
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"Envoriment variable PATH" on Ubuntu [duplicate]
When we install a program using apt-get, after installed it's available in terminal, normally, when we just call "your name" independent of context directory we are.
On Windows, when we add a path to ...
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Using multiple hard drives [duplicate]
I moved recently (like, yesterday) from Windows to Ubuntu. My computer has one SSD and one HDD, and I installed the operating system on the SSD. Now, I would like to keep most of my things in the HDD, ...