Filesystem - hiding system folders?

[John]

Chanchao wrote:

> Would there be any merit in hiding (or moving) all the system folders
> that are currently present in the root folder?   I notice that on

Given the right installation choice, SUSE does hide practically 
everything from users.

Note that users must be able to read all the bin, man (and other 
documents) and lib directories.

> Windows it's rather straightforward these days; user files & settings
> (home) are in 'Documents and Settings', applications are in 'Program
> Files', and anything else is in 'Windows' and that's pretty much it.
> 
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