places: / vs. File System

[Albert Wagner]

On 06/18/2010 01:14 PM, Albert Wagner wrote:
> I've just upgraded from 8.04 to 10.04.   Among the differences that 
> confuse me is the difference in the "Places" menu between "/" and 
> "File System".  Both bring up a File Browser, with mostly the same 
> directories, but with different contents.  I have always assumed that 
> there was only one directory tree in Linux, so this difference in 
> contents confuses me.  Can someone please clarify this for me?

I mispoke.  Click "/" in "Places" menu.  Then "File System" appears with 
"_-File Browser" in title bar.  When "File System" clicked, an alternate 
view of file system appears with "/-File Browser" in title bar. Below is 
a small snapshot comparing the two views of the tree.

_- File Browser                        /- File Browser
-----------------------------------------------------------
bin        90 items            bin    125 items
boot       15 items            boot    14 items
cdrom       0 items link to media/cdrom cdrom    0 items
debootstrap 1 item             (no matching folder)
dev     1,622 items            dev    203 items
etc       210 items            etc    221 items
   acpi           31 items        acpi 31 items
   alsa           1 item          (no matching folder)
   alternatives 163 items         alternatives 140 items
   apm                          (no matching folder)
   (no matching folder)         apparmor       5 items
                     (skip down)
     fstab      800 bytes         fstab        935 bytes





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