<quote who="Paul Scott"> > I partially understand the file system hierarchy but haven't found > documentation that helps answer this question: > > Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed > it once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux > setup.
the usual place for a system-wide application that is not included with the distribution would be in the /usr/local tree. e.g. /usr/local/openoffice some other systems like to use /opt .. nate
