The /usr move is a concept of moving various applications installed into the filesystem root to /usr prefix in order to unify the filesystem layout.
Distributions for which merged /usr is default for new installations (listed by date of completion):
- Fedora[1]
- Mageia[2][3]
- Arch Linux[4][5]
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux[6]
- Chakra[7][8]
- Void Linux[9]
- Debian[10]
- Ubuntu[11]
Distributions which have partially completed the /usr merge:
Distributions for which merged /usr is optional, but not default:
References
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove
- ↑ http://archives.mageia.org/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-July/017532.html
- ↑ https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:UsrMove
- ↑ https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2013-May/025021.html
- ↑ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Frequently_asked_questions#Does_Arch_follow_the_Linux_Foundation's_Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard_(FHS)?
- ↑ https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Migration_Planning_Guide/sect-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-Migration_Planning_Guide-File_System_Layout.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150317064250/http://chakraos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=13429
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141127124032/http://chakraos.org/news/index.php?/archives/134-Warning-Manual-intervention-needed-on-your-next-major-update.html
- ↑ https://voidlinux.org/news/2015/07/usr.sbin-transition.html
- ↑ https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#merged-usr
- ↑ https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2018-November/001253.html
- ↑ https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Usr_merge
- ↑ https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/baselayout.git/commit/?id=77e9c6f275399cdef64d432a19da51bc9c9cd0bf
External links
- "The Case for the /usr Merge" at freedesktop.org
