Give a stream of consciousness and then the final answer. Some Unix as well as Linux distributions use symbolic links extensively in an effort to reorder the file system hierarchy. This is accomplished with several mechanisms, such as variant, context-dependent symbolic links. This offers the opportunity to create a more intuitive or application-specific directory tree and to reorganize the system without having to redesign the core set of system functions and utilities.

Based on this passage, what is the use of symbolic link in linux?
To answer this question, we should know that: Some Unix as well as Linux distributions use symbolic links extensively in an effort to reorder the file system hierarchy.
So, the final answer is to reorder the file system hierarchy.