One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

While it may not be obvious to the casual user, Linux file systems have evolved significantly over the last decade or so to make them more resistant to corruption and performance problems. Most Linux ...

In the Linux environment, the file system acts as a backbone, orchestrating the systematic storage and retrieval of data. It is a hierarchical structure that outlines how data is organized, stored, ...

An ex-Google engineer is developing a new file system for Linux, with the hopes that it can offer a speedier and more advanced way of storing data on servers. After a number of years of development, ...

With a handful of commands and a trick or two, you can move around the Linux file system with ease and never get lost. One of the first things Linux users need to learn is how to move around the Linux ...

I'm formatting a 180 gb drive as a single partition. It is to be used for data storage and samba sharing. Most files will be fairly large (movies, isos, etc) but there will be smaller ones too (source ...

Some days, it doesn't rain, it pours. That's the case with Linux today. Not one, but two serious security holes have recently been exposed. First, there was a systemd bug which could easily knock out ...

Earlier this year Microsoft shared its plans to integrate a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 — now it’s introducing Linux file access into the File Explorer. Users have been able to access Linux files ...

You point your browser at a local IP address or hostname and suddenly you have a full XFCE desktop running in your browser.