file system layout
 

Just wandering where to store personal files. I have a multimedia collection and some other files that I want to put on my system, but have no idea where to stick them on the Linux file system. Where do you store files? (which may be used by multiple users) /usr? /home? /mnt? Or maybe something like /data?

Thanks,
Max Z.

/home/[your username]

/home is generally for userfiles, but your directory within it will only be accesible to you.

If you create a new directory, eg /home/all and set the access rights to the user group of the people you want to be able access it using chgrp and chmod.

Is there any convenition on this? Where do companies store general files?

Not really, transient stuff usually goes into /var directory and permanent things into some folder under /home. In the end it really does not matter and more of a matter of personal preference than anything else.