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by BlinkenBlinken 1542 days ago
Current state of the UNIX file hierarchy is a mess. Many incarnations of GNU/Linux systems didn't contribute to a more elegant yet simplified directory structure. Just pick the one you like the most and serves the purpose of your desires.

As for merged /usr, recently using Arch Linux for desktop use. Which accomplishes this by symlinking, which is ugly. Arch certainly is not perfect. Not sure if this is the way.