If you have ever wonder what is in Linux’s basic directories located under the system’s root “/”, the video edition of Chess Griffin’s Linuxreality Podcast #11 can help you understand it. The Linux Filesystem Hierarchy screencast explains the purpose of these directories, such as “bin”, “dev”, “etc”, “home”, “lib”, “mnt”, “proc”, “root”, “sbin”, “tmp”, “usr” and “var”, which can be found in any Linux distribution.

Linux Filesystem Hierarchy - Part One

Linux Filesystem Hierarchy - Part Two

In addition, there are great podcast for the Linux newbies at Linuxreality.com.