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On 2026-07-24 14:34, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
On 2026-07-23 22:01, BGB wrote:
[...]>> But, say, user installs something like Doom, makes more sense to
be like:
-a-a /usr/apps/doom:
-a-a-a-a doom, doomu.wad, ...
And not, say, stick 'doom' in "/usr/local/bin" and "doomu.wad" in "/
var/ local/games/doom/doomu.wad" or similar; which would be kinda
absurd in a way.
I'm unfamiliar with Doom and "wad" files. If I'd be a maintainer of
a gaming server where many users can play _locally_[*] I'd certainly
provide the executable through the "/usr/local" way of software
organization.
[*] But I'd have thought that typical setups are not playing locally
but rather remotely through clients on own personal systems.
Ah, and I forgot that there's even a /usr/games or /usr/local/games specifically for recreational purposes. :-)
Janis
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