During a new Linux deployment you create a separate logical volume for user data so the operating system can be re-installed without touching personal files. According to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), to which top-level directory should you mount this volume so that each user's dotfiles and other personal data are found automatically by shells, desktop environments, and standard tools without any extra configuration?
The FHS designates /home as the default location for regular users' home directories. Placing a dedicated filesystem at /home lets every non-root account store its personal files and hidden configuration files in a predictable path such as /home/alice or /home/bob. The other paths serve different purposes: /usr/local is reserved for locally installed software that should survive distribution upgrades, /opt is intended for add-on application packages, and /srv holds data offered by network services such as web or FTP servers. Mounting the user volume at any of those locations would break established conventions and could confuse system tools or administrators; therefore /home is the correct choice.
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