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Author: Arnt Karlsen
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Preferred automounter behavior?
On Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:44:43 -0700, Gregory wrote in message
<20151225194443.GA2541@???>:

> On Fri, Dec 25, 2015 at 02:35:39PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > (Why /mnt ?)
> >
> > Tradition. It exists on all distros I've ever seen, and it's used
> > for mountpoints. Do you think the more modern, file
> > manager-centric /media would be a better choice? That would be no
> > more difficult.
>
> Here's another good reason: /mnt is quicker and easier to repeatedly
> type than /media. I'd say mount as /mnt/sdd1, /mnt/sdd2, ... Just my
> $0.01 worth.
>
> Greg


..where did the "/media tradition" come from anyway?

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