Directory Content /bin Common programs, shared by the system, the system administrator and the users. /boot The startup files and the kernel, vmlinuz . In some recent distributions also grub data. Grub is the GRand Unified Boot loader and is an attempt to get rid of the many different boot-loaders we know today. /dev Contains references to all the CPU peripheral hardware, which are represented as files with special properties. /etc Most important system configuration files are in /etc , this directory contains data similar to those in the Control Panel in Windows /home Home directories of the common users. /initrd (on some distributions) Information for booting. Do not remove! /lib Library files, includes files for all kinds of programs needed by the system and the users. /lost+found Every partition has a lost+found in its upper directory. Files that were saved during failures are here. /misc For miscellaneous purposes. /mnt S...