From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: pepe@naleco.com (Pepe)
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 20:34:17 +0100
Subject: [TUHS] Understanding the /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin Split
Message-ID: <000901cce373$fc2e2ad0$50651bac@naleco.com>

"Jose R. Valverde" <jrvalverde at cnb.csic.es> said:

> Beyond that, the original articles and comments complained also about
> directory naming (/bin /etc /lib) as "unintuitive". I fail to
> understand in 
> what way is it easier for someone new to a computer to learn a "/bin
> /etc /var /lib" alien terminology and what it means, than to learn
> "System Config Libraries 
> etc..." or "Windows Windows32 Windows64 Temp Users and Settings,
> etc..."

In SCO Xenix/UNIX, the home directory is usually mounted on /u.

I was amused the first time I saw it.