Editing GoboLinux (section)

{{Short description|Linux distribution}}
{{Infobox OS
| name                   = GoboLinux
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = [[File:GoboLinux 016.png|300px|GoboLinux 016 desktop]]
| caption                = GoboLinux [[Desktop metaphor|desktop]]
| website                = {{URL|https://gobolinux.org/}}
| developer              = 
| family                 = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| source_model           = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| released               = {{Start date and age|2003}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}|df=yes}}
| latest_preview_version = 
| latest_preview_date    = 
| marketing_target       = 
| language               = [[German language|German]], English, [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| kernel_type            = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel|Linux]])
| ui                     = [[Awesome (window manager)|Awesome]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
| working_state          = Active<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=gobo |title = Project status listed as Active as of Friday 27 March 2020 02:30 UTC |author = Distrowatch |date = 2020-03-27 |access-date = 2020-03-27 }}</ref>
| supported_platforms    = [[x86-64]]
| updatemodel            = 
| package_manager        = 
}}

'''GoboLinux''' is a [[Linux distribution]] whose most prominent feature is a reorganization of the traditional [[Linux]] [[file system]]. Rather than following the [[Filesystem Hierarchy Standard]] like most [[Unix-like]] systems, each program in a GoboLinux system has its own [[subdirectory]] tree, where all of its files (including settings specific for that program) may be found.  Thus, a program "Foo" has all of its specific files and libraries in <code>/Programs/Foo</code>, under the corresponding version of this program at hand. For example, the commonly known GCC compiler suite version 8.1.0, would reside under the directory <code>/Programs/GCC/8.1.0</code>.

According to the GoboLinux developers, this results in a cleaner system.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Hisham Muhammad |title=The Unix tree rethought: an introduction to GoboLinux |url=http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/5/9/05015/62649 |access-date=2008-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526214549/http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/5/9/05015/62649 |archive-date=2008-05-26 |date=May 9, 2003}}</ref>