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, ...

No more disk checks. Hopefully.

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 ...

You want a Linux device that's never broken? Make sure this tool is set up and running regularly.

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 ...

Filesystems, like file cabinets or drawers, control how your operating system stores data. They also hold metadata like filetypes, what is attached to data, and who has access to that data. For ...

As a comparison, I ran my test script against a set of standard filesystems in the Linux kernel that most users will be familiar with. As well as being of general interest, it also gives a good range ...

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 ...

Linux filesystems, such as EXT2, EXT3, and EXT4, are designed to minimize fragmentation, but it can still occur, especially on systems with limited disk space. Defragmentation in Linux is less common ...

Also in today’s open source roundup: An introduction to Linux filesystems, and a Mac user considers switching to elementary OS Linux has been around for a long time now, and many of us take it for ...