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

  • No opinion. It is what it is.

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    The all seeing eye sees everything...

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

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  • We use Windows.
    Our HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE is squeaky clean.

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    Unable to push-up due to shoulder injury 😣

  • edited September 15

    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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  • @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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  • @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.

    ;)

  • 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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  • /etc stands for Erase That Crap

    rm -rf the living shite out of that directory

  • edited September 19

    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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  • Don't look for things to bother yourself unnecessarily

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  • @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 19

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

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • 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# 
    

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  • @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! :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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

    Probably full of P0 Linux ISOs

    The all seeing eye sees everything...

  • @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! :)

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • caasifycaasify Hosting Provider

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

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  • iaecmiaecm OG
    edited October 9

    @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!

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • 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?

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

  • mikhomikho AdministratorOG

    I mount everything to /tmp and refuse to reboot

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  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Moderator

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

    Mine is in ram

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  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Hosting ProviderContent Writer

    @AuroraZero said: Mine is in ram

    This is why MetalVPS got the 256 GB RAM dedis.

    I hope everyone gets the servers they want!

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

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