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As described above, you should have a separate smaller root partition and a larger /usr partition if you have the space.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John

It has            many subdirectories. /usr/bin and /usr/sbin are pretty much like            /bin and /sbin, except that the directories in /usr are not            considered ``essential to the operation of the system.''

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John

Let usr be the summary shift variable exclusive of um.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas

"On Unix, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the usr filesystem."

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Raymond, Eric S.

"On Unix, rm -r /usr will nuke everything in the usr filesystem."

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.