In most modern Unix systems (like GNU/Linux and MacOS X), the filesystem hierarchy is standardized. The Linux Standard Base project is a community effort to make the GNU/Linux as the standard. In the filesystem, /usr/local/ is where you put staff files, generally freshly compiled software.

Installing GNU software from its source distribution is now quite straightforward […]

When you start writing software, you usually begin with an exploration phase where you collect notes, ideas, algorithms and start playing with code. At this stage, we you’re not working on a well-defined project but an a brood software. You probably think you don’t need CVS (or any versioning system) during this exploration phase. That’s […]