[ale] IRC and directory structure questions

[matthew.brown at cordata.com (Matthew Brown)]

1.?????? 
Do any of you IRC much??? Where is a good place to go for this - that 
doesn't have all the porn/file sharing/etc.?? I am mainly interested in 
technical IRC.
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2.?????? 
Is there an accepted standard for laying out files in a directory 
structure??? For example, say I have a .tar.gz file I want to 
download.?? It is, say, vmware-yada-yada.tar.gz.?? Where would you put 
it??? ~/...????? Where do you install it to??????? 
/usr/...?
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3.?????? 
Now let's talk about the actual data files for something like vmware...?? 
These would need to be shared for many users.?? Would it go under /opt/... 
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Coming from the 
Windows background, this??issue has always confused me.?? I suppose I 
could have created my own set of directories, but that would create more 
mayhem!
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Hope you're having a great 
day!
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Best regards,
Matthew Brown, President
CorData, Inc.
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