The Folder Structure in Zeta

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The Folder Structure in Zeta

Getting good at using your computer, is all about how to organize your files in a way that you can easily find back to the files when you need them. Your harddisk can be described as a file cabinet, where you file the different papers in different folders and different drawers. You don't file your private documents into a folder containing only work related documents.

Zeta has a well-designed and logical folder structur. Many of the folders in Zeta, have system related purposes, so you should be very careful with moving, deleting, or renaming them, as it can have harmful consequences.

When you open the Harddisk icon on the Desktop, you will see that Zeta has been organised with the following folders:

Applications
All the applications you need, are eighter installed or have a shortcut placed in the folder Applications. Applications that are part of the base installation of Zeta, is instead placed in /boot/beos/applications.

Keeping the applications that are not part of the base installation, will make it easier for you to upgrade your system, when a newer version of the application becomes available for installation.

| BeOS The base installation of Zeta is placed in this folder's sub folders. You should be careful with adding, changing or removing applications from these folders, as Zeta may stop working properly.
| Library This folder stores components for the operating system and for applications. Library files are files that are used of many programs, with the result that Zeta applications often are much smaller then similar applications seen on other plattforms.
| Develop Software developers will find development applications, tools and documentation in this folder. The use of these applications and tools will not be explained in this manual.
| Home The Home folder is the place were you store your files, eighter it is documents, video or music files. All these files should be stored in their respective sub-folder mentioned below:

CD
This is the folder where the CD Player stores your audio CDs track listings, so that the application can retrieve the information the next time you instert the same disc.

This folder will be created the first time, you write in the names of the songs on an audio CD plaid in CD Player.

| Config This folder contains all the settings you have done in Zeta and the installed applications. It also has a sub-folder for the svg icons.
|  | Library The main Library folder is the one mentioned above. This Library folder would get a bigger purpose, if Zeta becomes a multi-user operating system.
| Documents All your work files should be kept in this folder, or in one of your own made sub-folders.
| Downloads All the files that you download with NetPositive will by default be automatically stored in this folder. The Mozilla browser, called Firebird, can be customized to store the files you download in this folder. By default it will store the files directly in the Home folder. This should be concidered changed.
| Fax FaxIT will store sent and recived folders in an in and out folder under the Fax folder.
| Mails This folder and it's sub-folders get created when you configure the mail daemon. The In and Out folders are quite self-explaining.
| Music We have added a folder for music, even though it's not needed. A query will in seconds give you a list over all music files stored on your system. JukeBox even has an inbuilt live query, giving you easy access to all you files.
| People All your contacts made in the Person fileformat, are stored in this folder. With List View or with queries, you can easily manage your contacts.
| Pictures We have added a folder for all your pictures. This gets important if you want to store the pictures you have taken with your digital camera.
| public_html This folder will be created if you want to run a personal web site with PoorMan.

Queries
We have included some predefined queries:

- Mail Queries
- People Query

| Videos A folder to contain all your video clips.
| Optional
| Preferences This folder contains shortcuts to all the Preference applications stored in /boot/beos/preferences

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