Ubuntu and System Domains

[Brett Kirksey]

On Saturday 09 October 2004 at 15:30-0500, Greg Graham wrote:

> On Sat,  9 Oct 2004 14:49:28 -0400, Brett Kirksey wrote:
> > Since OS X was the first unix I ever used on a regular
> > basis, I've assumed one of its features is common to all
> > *nix flavors, but I haven't seen any mention of it here. Is
> > Ubuntu divided into "domains" the way OS X is?
>
> . . . If you want something for only one user, then it is
> usually put in a bin directory in the user's home directory.
> You would need to add the ~/bin directory to the PATH
> environment variable for executables in it to be found. . . .

Thanks for the info. How does this apply to files other than
apps. Fonts for example. How do I get the system to know to
look in a user's home directory for something like
"~/usr/share/fonts" (I know that's not what it would be called,
but that's the principle I'm getting at.)

Brett