The extended filesystem, otherwise known as ext, has been a fundamental part of Linux since before the 1.0 release in 1994. Currently the filesystem is on its fourth major revision, in use since it… ...

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.

Need to read Linux drives on your Windows PC? Paragon Software Group has an answer. The company's latest release in this line is a beta version of ExtFS for Windows. ExtFS works in conjunction ...

The newest member of the Ext file system, Ext4, became an official part of Linux last year with the release of the Linux 2.6.28 kernel. Since then, it’s become the default file system in some ...

These are battle-hardened and well understood. However, there are other file systems, many of which have advanced features superior to the default file system for some applications.