Linux Folders

Location	Description
/	The main partition of the drive Linux is installed on is mounted here.
/boot, /boot/efi	The boot partition is mounted in one of these places.
/home	Every user except root has a home folder created here.
/var	Files that change often (log files, cache folders, database files, web server files) should be stored here.
/etc	Configuration files are stored here.
/bin, /sbin	Executable binaries (ls, cat, nano, less, etc.) are stored here. Binaries meant to be used by root are stored in /sbin.
/lib	Libraries and kernel modules are stored here.
/dev	Virtual device files live here.
/proc	Virtual files representing programs currently running on the system live here.
/sys
/tmp	This is a temporary filesystem that’s stored in RAM and is wiped when the system reboots.
/mnt	Any other hard drives on the system should be mounted here.
/media	Any removable drives (USB flash drives, DVD drives, etc.) should be mounted here temporarily.

Text files	Human-readable text files, script files
Binary data files	Media files, database files, etc
Executable program files	Compiled programs including everything from ls to OpenOffice and Blender
Directory “files”	Because hard drives don’t actually have folders, Linux uses these
Link “files”	A “file” that simply says “your file is in another castle, go look here”
Device “files”	The kernel creates these to make it easier for programs to interact with hardware devices