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 difference is, ...

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 ...

For example, traversing a file system tree from the root node to the file of interest requires jumping from an inode to a directory file (potentially multi-indexed) to the file location.

Google will launch the final version of Android 13 later this fall. The company started testing Android 13 back in February 2022, and it officially showcased it, revealing the several features and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The way to resize a filesystem is dependent on which filesystem you use. If you're talking about ext3 or ext4 it's as easy as "resize2fs /dev/foo". Of course, you have to resize /dev/foo (the block ...

UPDATE: It seems like Google changed its mind. EXT4 and F2FS will also be allowed, according to Mishaal Rahman. The EROFS file system format could help save storage space on Android 13 devices ...

All the way back in 2012, Samsung created a new file system purpose-built for flash-based storage, called 'F2FS'. It's typically faster on smartphones than the ext4 file system that most Android ...