[NTLUG:Discuss] OpenSuse 13.1 USB mount point

[Leroy Tennison]

The programmer-priests are trying to hide everything from us in an 
attempt to turn Linux into Windows, wonder if there are money transfers 
taking place ;-) (just my opinion)?

On 08/30/2015 09:53 AM, Stephen Davidson wrote:
> Not just SuSE -- Linux Mint (an Ubuntu Derivitive), so I suspect this is
> something 'upstream', or part of the core system.  Other than this
> tidbit, I have no information, sorry.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
> On 08/27/2015 02:29 PM, DR wrote:
>> When I mount a USB drive it is now located in the /var/run/media/{username}
>> whereas before it was in the /media directory.
>>
>> I have created a softlink in the /media directory to overcome the
>> requirement to enter the "long" directory name so the main frustration has
>> been overcome.
>>
>> What is the justification for this change and can it be modified to
>> automatically mount external drives under /media?
>>
>> I am sure that someone at Suse thinks this is an improvement but I also
>> think they are using the GUI exclusively.
>>
>> Dennis
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