[ale] IRC and directory structure questions

[synco gibraldter]

for me, efnet is the best-- it's the internet's playground.  they don't
have all the bs like channel 'ownership' and nick monopolies.  efnet has
any type of channel you could want... if you're looking for a big network,
efnet is the best.  www.efnet.org.

i run a small irc net called xodarap [irc.xodarap.net] and we have some
technical people, but we are very small.  feel free to come check it out..
we *do* use the bs services [which i absolutely hate, but users on small
networks seem to demand them].

as far as the directories and file locations, it's all a matter of
preference for the most part.  on my own system, i like to keep my home
directory relatively clean.. i download to it, but move things to where
they need to go soon after.  when i install new packages, it's always in
/usr/local/src/package and my own system scripts and binaries always go in
/usr/local/bin.  after installation, i leave all the sources in
/usr/local/src in case i ever need to look back at the source or
documentation and i delete the archives.  this works well for me, but it
really is just a matter of organization and you should do whatever makes
the most sense to you.

peace,
synco g.

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synco at xodarap.net
the xodarap network [what you thought?]
atl,georgia
http://news.xodarap.net
irc://irc.xodarap.net

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Matthew Brown wrote:

> 1.    Do any of you IRC much?  Where is a good place to go for this -
> that doesn't have all the porn/file sharing/etc.  I am mainly interested
> in technical IRC.
>
> 2.    Is there an accepted standard for laying out files in a directory
> structure?  For example, say I have a .tar.gz file I want to download.
> It is, say, vmware-yada-yada.tar.gz.  Where would you put it?  ~/...?
> Where do you install it to?    /usr/...?
>
> 3.    Now let's talk about the actual data files for something like
> vmware...  These would need to be shared for many users.  Would it go
> under /opt/... or /var/...?
>
> Coming from the Windows background, this issue has always confused me.
> I suppose I could have created my own set of directories, but that would
> create more mayhem!
>
> Hope you're having a great day!
>
> Best regards,
> Matthew Brown, President
> CorData, Inc.
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>
>

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