Let's examine the three most popular Linux file systems (and the pros and cons of each) to determine whether an alternative is best for your needs. ext4 The ext4 file system is the default for ...

The default file system used in Ubuntu Linux--EXT4--is widely accepted as delivering superior performance to the NTFS file system used in Windows--today we explore why.

Activity in Linux file systems, BTRFS and ext4 August 10, 2009 by Doug Black This may not be news to the file system aware among you, but I’m part of the blissfully ignorant crowd that complains about ...

Dropbox has announced that starting on November 7th 2018, only the ext4 filesystem will be supported in Linux for synchronizing folders in the Dropbox desktop app. Those Linux users who have synch ...

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?

More and more articles have been appearing on the EXT4 filesystem. In fact, the article that really caught my eye was one recently regarding the speed of using EXT4 on flash media.

Linux provides quite a few commands to look into file system types. Here's a look at the various file system types used by Linux systems and the commands that will identify them.

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.

The default file system in Windows is NTFS, and the default file system in Ubuntu Linux is EXT4. The purpose of today’s 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux post is to try and understand what the ...