| ~ | "home directory" The user personnal folder. Normally: /home/<usager> |
| . | Current folder |
| .. | Parent folder |
| /home | Home folder for each user. |
| /dev | Contains each devices ex : First IDE hard drive = /dev/hda |
| /boot | Contains the kernel |
| /bin | Contains the executables files * |
| /sbin | |
| /usr/bin | |
| /usr/local/bin | |
| /etc | Contains the configuration * |
| /lib | Coontains the libraries (Similar to DLLs) * |
| /mnt | Countains the mounts (links to an other filesystem) |
| /mnt/floppy | The floppy drive |
| /mnt/win_c | Default for the first Windows partition (FAT/NTFS) |
| /root | "Home directory" for the user root |
| /tmp | Temporary files |
| /var/log | Log files |
| /proc | System informations |
* The files can be found in other folders, these are not fixed rules