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  It's a Cycle of Life Thing: Managing Linux Releases
Subject:   /opt
Date:   2003-03-21 06:14:34
From:   anonymous2
The FHS specifies "/opt" for the same function as BSD's "/packages". Now, if only the distributors would start to use it. I can understand not using it for GNOME and KDE, but OpenOffice and other end user applications should.