On 11/16/18 3:43 PM, Jarkko Oranen wrote: > As far as I'm aware, they are/were originally separated largely due to > historical reasons anyway, not because it's inherently better to keep > them separate.
However they came about it is inherently better. Linux often takes the easy rather than best route like / for the whole system. Suddenly a separate /usr was unsupported, this was decided. A static single user is far better than a busybox fixer. I think they have changed the stance again since then?

