Installing TKnet - where to unpack it?

I'm setting up my Debian GNU/Linux system "the hard way". By that I mean that I'm adding just the packages that I need, one at a time using the "dpkg" tool. It's worked OK for basic stuff like "man" and the Xwindows packages. So far, I like the control this give me over what goes on my system. It's

Linux Standard File System

I've seen references a couple of times to something like a "Linux Standard File System" (of course, now I can't quite locate the document(s) where I saw it). Is that a document that exists somewhere like HOWTO or similar? A pointer would be appreciated. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e

/home, /usr/local, / and /whatelse?

t everything I need) as opposed to stuff you compile yourself since it isn't available in a ".deb" package (at least a couple things I know I'll need fall in this category). I don't want a dozen partitions (wouldn't fit on my one 3.2GB disk anyway) but I also don&#x

Doing the "dselect" portion of an installation

I apologize in advance for asking a tedious newbie-style question, but a couple hours reading FAQ lists, newsgroup archives and the last couple months of the archive of this mailing list still doesn't help me put it all together. This week I've done test installations of RedHat 4.1, Slackware 3.