Linux is the most flexible and customizable operating system on the planet. That customizability starts deep within the heart of the Linux kernel and the file system. A computer file system is a ...

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, ...

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df command ...

This may not be news to the file system aware among you, but I’m part of the blissfully ignorant crowd that complains about the old file system until a shiny new one shows up — seemingly out of ...

Linux, the open source operating system that powers countless servers, devices, and personal computers worldwide, owes much of its versatility to the myriad of filesystems available. These filesystems ...

So a couple people (drag, I think?) labeled XFS as particularly "robust" and fast and, presumably, awesome. OK. This is not an argument, this is a question: if it's more robust than ext4, why are we ...

File systems and UUIDs have a special relationship on Linux systems. What are these very long identifiers and how can you view the connections between them and disk partitions? The /etc/fstab file is ...