[CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

 The other thing is that ubuntu does some things I consider odd, and puts
> some things in odd places (say, not having your web stuff under /var/www,
> etc).

That may be because they're aiming for compliance with the Filesystem
Hierarchy Standard ( http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ ). Web related stuff
goes under /srv/www.


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Drew

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