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submitted 8 months ago by AlexPewMaster@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I've seen a lot of self-hosted software wanting to store their data in /opt, is there any reason why?

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[-] callcc@lemmy.world 82 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[-] criitz@reddthat.com 16 points 8 months ago
[-] Ac5000@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

That's what I was wondering as well?

If so, what's the "correct" location to store stuff like documents, downloads, configurations, etc.?

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In the user's home directory, which may or may not be in /home/username.

grep username /etc/passwd will show you the home directory for a user. Also ~username from the CLI will resolve to that user's home directory. e.g. cp file.txt ~username/Documents/

[-] gens@programming.dev 4 points 8 months ago

So i checked the fhs. Doesn't say it is deprecated. V3 just mentions XDG and glib (the probable sources of such claims).

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