Navindra Umanee <navindra@cs.mcgill.ca> writes: [...] I'm just not happy about things like /usr/bin/panel or /etc/mime-magic. There's got to be a better way. What's wrong with /usr/bin/panel and /etc/mime-magic? If GNOME files really need to be separated, why not /etc/gnome and /usr{/X11R6,}/bin/gnome? There's little need for an extra /usr/ hierarchy AFAICT.