Here’s where optional stuff is put. Trying out the latest Firefox beta? Install it to /opt where you can delete it without affecting other settings. Programs in here usually live inside a single folder whick contains all of their data, libraries, etc. 这里主要存放那些可选的程序。你想尝试最新的firefox测试版吗?那就装到/opt目录下吧，这样，当你尝试完，想删掉firefox的时候，你就可 以直接删除它，而不影响系统其他任何设置。安装到/opt目录下的程序，它所有的数据、库文件等等都是放在同个目录下面。 举个例子：刚才装的测试版firefox，就可以装到/opt/firefox_beta目录下，/opt/firefox_beta目录下面就包含了运 行firefox所需要的所有文件、库、数据等等。要删除firefox的时候，你只需删除/opt/firefox_beta目录即可，非常简单。
/usr/local
This is where most manually installed(ie. outside of your package manager) software goes. It has the same structure as /usr. It is a good idea to leave /usr to your package manager and put any custom scripts and things into /usr/local, since nothing important normally lives in /usr/local. 这里主要存放那些手动安装的软件，即不是通过“新立得”或apt-get安装的软件。它和/usr目录具有相类似的目录结构。让软件包管理器来管理/usr目录，而把自定义的脚本(scripts)放到/usr/local目录下面，我想这应该是个不错的主意。
