TIL about GoboLinux. This is a cool idea.

As a long time Linux user, I've always found the file system layout to be a bit esoteric.

What are the criticisms?

If you want different programs to have their own file structure, there's always NixOS. It's not as readable, but every package has its own directory in /nix/store.

Just shove everything into /opt, all the big professional companies are doing it! They'd never take shortcuts, right?

weird grab bag

You don't mention whether that is adherence to the FHS or denial of it.

One of those options is, to be clear, violating a standard.

First time I hear about Gobolinux. A quick websearch for comparison between Nix and Gobolinux brought me this article from 2011: https://sandervanderburg.blogspot.com/2011/12/evaluation-and-comparison-of-gobolinux.html . An interesting system.

~] cd /
/] ls
Programs
Users
System
Data
Mount

very macOS-like, wish this would take over. am a convert from that side of the fence and tried a decade or so ago to reform linux by way of symlinks to something similar to this but gave up after a reinstall or two, too much hassle. just like CMD-C/V, relearned the new way.

Gobolinux is interesting for sure. I kinda feels similar to nix and guix, but more primitive if that makes sense.