> since your computer and you are the only "user" (usually) so why not put everything in the same place
The Linux (and late UNIX) way was not changing the /usr for each user, but on sharing /usr through several computers. This way, you had to administer just one computer, for a network of any number of terminals.
That become obsolete only after modern package and configuration managers were created.
The Linux (and late UNIX) way was not changing the /usr for each user, but on sharing /usr through several computers. This way, you had to administer just one computer, for a network of any number of terminals.
That become obsolete only after modern package and configuration managers were created.