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by conkeisterdoor 647 days ago
TIL after so many years that /usr isn't an abbreviation of "user". "UNIX/user system resources" makes a lot more sense in retrospect. Guess I should have RTFM a long time ago!
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It looks like that's a newer interpretation than the original:

> As such, some people may now refer to this directory as meaning 'User System Resources' and not 'user' as was originally intended.

https://tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.htm...