How peaceful is your /etc file listing?

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Hello LES!

Here are three screenshots of /etc file listings, from my

  • Chromebook Debian Linux container,

  • FreeBSD VPS, and

  • Void Linux VPS.

Do you feel an emotional reaction to any of these /etc listings? In particular, does any one of the three /etc listings seem more peaceful and attractive than the others?

Please feel free to post a screenshot of your distro's /etc listing!

Thanks!

Tom

Chromebook Debian container

FreeBSD VPS

Void Linux VPS

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Comments

  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    No opinion. It is what it is.

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    We're the source, no cap. Address us: We/Our/Ours.

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  • FrankCastleFrankCastle

    I may be biased but FreeBSD looks the best, followed by Void which leaves Debian coming in third. Is that the right answer? Do I win a prize? :grin:

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  • JanevskiJanevski OG

    Why emotional? Just a bunch of generic Linux config junk inside.

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  • yoursunnyyoursunny OG

    We use Windows.
    Our HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is squeaky clean.

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  • davidedavide
    edited September 2024

    My basement workstation:

    If you notice the timestamps on those files you might recognize that my only hope toward /etc is to spare myself a walk to the basement to crawl behind the bench and plug a monitor into a noisy machine that stopped responding to ssh.

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  • CrabCrab

    @Not_Oles Just saying as a friend, you might find more peacefulness for example by going fishing. Perhaps it would be time for you to take a day or two off instead of trying to deep deeper meaning in file listings.

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  • DrNutellaDrNutella

    @yoursunny said:
    We use Windows.
    Our HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is squeaky clean.

    I am sorry to hear you use windows. I wish you good luck finding your way back to the Linux realm.

    ;)

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    Save the earth, don't idle.

  • sumosumo

    Here you go, did some Multipass screenshots of Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04 before my server expires:

    /etc in Ubuntu 20.04
    /etc in Ubuntu 22.04
    /etc in Ubuntu 24.04

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  • Shot²Shot²

    /etc stands for Erase That Crap

    rm -rf the living shite out of that directory

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  • tmntwitwtmntwitw
    edited September 2024

    Here's one from Slackware 14.0, it's a VirtualBox VM from one of my workstations at home.

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    Thanks @tmntwitw! Very relaxingly excellent. Good for meditation. Paging another Slackware fan, @AuroraZero!

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  • allnetstoreallnetstore

    Don't look for things to bother yourself unnecessarily

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  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Retired

    @Not_Oles said:
    Thanks @tmntwitw! Very relaxingly excellent. Good for meditation. Paging another Slackware fan, @AuroraZero!

    Eh? Why did you awaken the Yeti?

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer
    edited September 2024

    I imagined that the Yeti would enjoy seeing yet another Slackware /etc directory listing! Isn't Slackware kinda like 🍦 for a Yeti?

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer 
    netbsd# ls /etc
X11                 hosts               nsd                 rc.subr
atf                 hosts.equiv         nsswitch.conf       release
auto_master         hosts.lpd           ntp.conf            remote
autofs              ifconfig.wm0        openldap            resolv.conf
bluetooth           inetd.conf          openssl             rmt
bootptab            iscsi               pam.d               rpc
cgd                 kerberosV           passwd              saslc.d
changelist          kyua                passwd.conf         security
csh.cshrc           localtime           pf.conf             security.conf
csh.login           locate.conf         pf.os               services
csh.logout          login.conf          phones              shells
daily               mail                pkgpath.conf        shrc
daily.conf          mail.rc             postfix             skel
defaults            mailer.conf         powerd              skeykeys
dhcpcd.conf         man.conf            printcap            sliphome
disktab             master.passwd       profile             spwd.db
dm.conf             moduli              protocols           ssh
dumpdates           monthly             pwd.db              sysctl.conf
envsys.conf         monthly.conf        racoon              syslog.conf
floppytab           motd                rbootd.conf         ttyaction
fonts               mrouted.conf        rc                  ttys
fstab               mtree               rc.conf             unbound
ftpchroot           named.conf          rc.conf.bak.M20fJo  weekly
ftpusers            namedb              rc.conf.d           weekly.conf
gettytab            netconfig           rc.d                wpa_supplicant.conf
gpio.conf           networks            rc.local            wscons.conf
group               newsyslog.conf      rc.shutdown         zfs
netbsd#
  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Retired

    @Not_Oles said:
    I imagined that the Yeti would enjoy seeing yet another Slackware /etc directory listing! Isn't Slackware kinda like 🍦 for a Yeti?

    /opt is for real Slackers

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    Screenshot of your /opt please! :)

  • terrorgenterrorgen OG

    @Not_Oles said:
    Screenshot of your /opt please! :)

    Probably full of P0 Linux ISOs

    We're the source, no cap. Address us: We/Our/Ours.

    https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/221016/#Comment_221016

  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Retired

    @Not_Oles said:
    Screenshot of your /opt please! :)

    Never giving up a security breach for free

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    @AuroraZero said:

    @Not_Oles said:
    Screenshot of your /opt please! :)

    Never giving up a security breach for free

    Good! :)

  • caasifycaasify Hosting Provider

    Maybe it would be better to check by "ls -la"

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  • iaecmiaecm OG
    edited October 2024

    @caasify said:
    Maybe it would be better to check by "ls -la"

    It can be higher density without "-l", but maybe a '-F' flag is better ;) .

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    @caasify said:
    Maybe it would be better to check by "ls -la"

    Hi @caasify!

    When I first saw your comment, my initial thought was, "I don't remember ever seeing any dot files in /etc." Then I ranls -laand was reminded of the Posix dot files which always seem present, I guess, in everyls -la` directory listing.

    Surprisingly, I also found

    -rw------- 1 root root 0 Oct 16 2022 .pwd.lock

    This is in /etc on a Debian container in my Chromebook.

    chronos@penguin:/etc$ cat /etc/debian_version 
12.6
chronos@penguin:/etc$

    Taking a quick look around, I saw

    and

    Maybe I ought to update the Chromebook container. There is a Chrome OS update pending as well.

    When I started this thread, it really was meant to be about the mysterious, cosmic beauty in simplicity. There was something -- something seeming simple -- (but maybe not "really" simple) -- that I liked about the Void /etc screenshot in the OP.

    Thanks again @caasify!

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    @iaecm said:

    @caasify said:
    Maybe it would be better to check by "ls -la"

    It can be higher density without "-l", but maybe a '-F' flag is better ;) .

    Yes! "-F" provides additional helpful information concisely expressed. I wish "-F" were the default. But maybe there is a disadvantage to making "-F" the default for ls?

  • mikhomikho OG

    I mount everything to /tmp and refuse to reboot

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  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Retired

    @mikho said:
    I mount everything to /tmp and refuse to reboot

    Mine is in ram

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    The Yeti has left the building.

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    @AuroraZero said: Mine is in ram

    This is why MetalVPS got the 256 GB RAM dedis.

  • mfsmfs OG

    @iaecm said: maybe a '-F' flag is better

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