On 08:47 Sun 20 Jan , Richard Freeman wrote: > Duncan wrote: >> Obscure? It's the directory name (says another with both /tmp and /var/ >> tmp on tmpfs). How much less obscure can you get than announcing it every >> time the path is referenced or specified? Who could reasonably argue that >> tmp doesn't mean tmp? > > Anybody who comes from the world of Windows - where temp directories aren't > cleaned and usually eventually grow to 1/3rd of the disk on a typical > spyware-laden install? > > You and I know what /tmp is for, but we also know that we shouldn't be > running as root all the time and yet I'm sure there is a note in the > install handbook about that. 95% of new linux users come from Windows, and > as such they have a few bad habits that they'd probably be all to happy to > lose if somebody takes the time to point them out.
Just one other point here. 95% of new Linux users is not 95% of new Gentoo Linux users. Thanks, Donnie -- gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
