> So . . . remind me how this is different (fundamentally) from /var ? > > > /media - all the removable media and silliness there. > > And why isn't /mnt adequate for removable media? www.pathname.com/fhs/ and here is the list of changes and the bugs where these were discussed. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/announce-2.3.html I don't think talking about whether or not we like them is useful here. It is the fhs and fedora core should be compliant with it. -sv