Re: [Nautilus-list] Directory Descriptions (Was: I am going to implement cut, copy,paste forfiles)

[Matthew Walton <mxw00u Cs Nott AC UK>]

Gernot Poetsch wrote:

> The first - if not most - irritating thing to a new Linux user is the
> file structure. It's great from the system's point of view, but it
> really takes some time until the user gets the idea how it works. Since
> most newbies will take their first steps in exploring the filesystem in
> Nautilus, why can't Nautilus help them finding out what a particular
> directory is for? In the Beginner's mode there could be a little "What's
> this directory for?" icon in the sidebar, that brings up a description
> of what "/usr/local" or "/sbin", etc. is all about. It would help a lot
> of the newbies I know....

That could be useful - although some distros do diverge a bit on intended
directory purposes. /home is obvious, but things like init scripts could cause
problems, as they tend to vary quite a bit I believe (although I don't have all
that much experience with multiple distros being a big Slackware fan).