The way the Linux file system is laid out makes perfect sense. I've been using Linux for so many years that I can't imagine another file system making more sense. When I consider how the Windows file ...

Linux continues to grow bigger and better. Here's what's new and notable in the 6.16 release, plus what you need to know about 6.17.

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 ...

Blindly executing commands can also reinforce bad habits, preventing users from learning the reasoning behind each step.

Linux Can Access Windows Files, but It's Not Ideal Technically, you can move files around in a Linux-Windows dual boot system, but it’s not optimal.

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 ...

Linux has its own file systems, including Ext, XFS, and BTRFS. Unfortunately, Windows did not have support for these Linux file systems—until now.

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, ...

When Apple was about to introduce Time Machine in Mac OS X Leopard, John Siracusa wrote in the summer of 2006 about how a new file system should be coming to Macs (which it did, 11 years later). The ...

Maybe buying a FDE (Full Disk Encryption) hard drive is not an option for you right now, but that doesn't mean you need to compromise on your Linux file system security.linux.com has an article on how ...