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Originally Posted by Picklesworth View Post
They are in all of those! :P
It would probably help to know that this is following the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard" (here it is on Wikipedia).
It helps when one can easily get a list of installed files via the package manager, but the application manager here does not appear to have a GUI for that...
This might be helpful too...

Originally Posted by Dec 23, 07 By slashmedia
Linux Directory Structure

The directory structure of Linux/other Unix-like systems is very intimidating for the new user, especially if he/she is migrating from Windows. In Windows, almost all programs install their files (all files) in the directory named: `Program Files.’ Such is not the case in Linux. The directory system categorises all installed files. All configuration files are in /etc, all binary files are in /bin or /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin. Here is the entire directory structure along with what they contain...
Linky >>> http://slashmedia.wordpress.com/2007...ory-structure/

 

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