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this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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then the legend should be fixed its confusing, as is the whole idea of FHS is outdated and a chore for new users to get into (i still don't fully understand it)
The legend is a bit broken. Will fix it maybe.
As for the rest, yes, the FHS can be confusing. It's from a time where mostly professional admins would deal with it and requirements were pretty different from today's end-user systems. If you want to understand more, I urge you to read the spec. It's highly readable! https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs.html
/mnt is for more permanent stuff. /run is for shit like a USB drive some user has connected. It's the place that most distro automount your attached storage by default (/run/$USER/$DEVICE/)