Is it possible to change the default Unix/Linux directory structure? I mean by configuration and without need to change the kernel. Or if the kernel has to be edited, how hard is such task? Is the default directory structure (all these /usr, /bin, /etc directories) hard coded in the kernel? What I need is to have one root (/) directory, where every user will be free to create it's own files/directories and one /Linux directory, where all OS files will exists (probably in the original structure) including all configuration files. There should be no Home directory at all and all configuration files should be the same for all users editable only by the system administrator.
change of Unix default directory structure
linux;system installation;administration
Yes, it is possible. But requires a lot of efforts to reach what you want.For details you can check Gobo Linux project.GoboLinux is a free and open source operating system whose most prominent feature is a reorganization of the traditional Linux file system. Rather than following the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard like most Unix-like systems, each program in a GoboLinux system has its own subdirectory tree, where all of its files (including settings specific for that program) may be found. Thus, a program Foo has all of its specific files and libraries in /Programs/Foo. According to the GoboLinux developers, this results in a cleaner system.