ETC is a folder which contain all your system configuration files in it. Then why the etc name? “etc” is an English word which means etcetera i.e in layman words it is “and so on”.

What is etc Ubuntu?

/etc is an abbreviation for etcetera, as I’m sure you guessed… It’s the directory which stores all of your configuration files. /usr, as you guessed, is the directory where “user” files reside; it contains all of the items that are not part of the system itself such as user programs and data.

Where is etc folder Linux?

Linux Directories

1. / is the root directory.
2. /bin/ and /usr/bin/ store user commands.
3. /boot/ contains files used for system startup including the kernel.
4. /dev/ contains device files.
5. /etc/ is where configuration files and directories are located.
6. /home/ is the default location for users‟ home directories.