One of the difficulties of switching from one OS to the other is trying to locate all the system files and keep track of where the new OS stores all its settings. The image above, which you can also ...

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 ...

The file systems in Linux, macOS, and other Unix-like operating systems don't use separate volume identifiers for storage ...

Do you dual-boot between Windows and Linux on your computer? This is a new way people use their computers to enjoy the benefits of both operating systems. The only problem that users face on Windows ...

Have you heard it said that everything in Linux is a file? That is largely true, and that’s why the ability to manipulate files is crucial to mastering Linux Fu. One thing that makes a Linux ...

The latest version of the popular Linux Mint operating system is here and Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana” brings a handful of new features including a new tool called Warpinator that makes it easy to quickly ...

With the falling cost of 32-bit processors containing a memory management unit (MMU), Flash memory and SDRAM, a new class of embedded devices is evolving in the networking, internet appliance and PDA ...

I'm formatting a 180 gb drive as a single partition. It is to be used for data storage and samba sharing. Most files will be fairly large (movies, isos, etc) but there will be smaller ones too (source ...

Here are eight Linux commands for looking into binary files and viewing details about what executables are doing when they run. Any file on a Linux system that isn’t a text file is considered a binary ...