Always liked the idea of GoboLinux, but haven't yet gotten around to trying it.
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2025
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What exactly is GoBo Linux ? I have not heard of it yet?
It's main purpose is to demonstrate how Linux could function with a less unix-like file structure, in an effort to make it more intuitive to use, and to make it possible to have multiple versions of a library/package without conflict.
I personally really love what they attempted, but it's unfortunately not been adopted anywhere else, making it unpractical to use as a daily driver.
But it serves as a very successful experiment that hopefully someday inspires change or a new way of thinking about the Linux file structure for other distros.
I'm glad to see GoboLinux resurrected. I didn't use it much, but I really like to see distros doing different stuff, like questioning even the need for the standard file hierarchy.