The above did not work as I am trying to redirect from root to the info folder, not the other way around.
I did use the following in public_html/.htaccess and commented out all lines in public_html/info/.htacess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
# Base, it’s root, so just a single slash
RewriteBase /info/
# Not a file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# Not a directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Map to info folder index
RewriteRule . /info/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
Now I view all posts in both the root and the info folder which gives duplicate contents and is not what I want – see this:
https://gain4you.net/315/overview-of-ubuntu-9-10-improvements/