Underneath its slick interface, OS X has a number of hidden configuration files that contain the settings for default and standard behaviors. While in most cases these files being hidden is good ...

The virtual file system provides a standard interface for compatibility. The physical file system is responsible for the management of physical memory blocks. Not familiar with Linux?

The BeOS file system, an OS geek retrospective From the archives: In the '90s, OS geeks adored BFS's ahead-of-its-time feature set.

9.5 OS Standards Example: POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) As introduced in Chapter 2, standards may greatly impact the design of a system component—and OSs are no different.

Unraid, the popular operating system for self-hosted servers and NAS boxes, just released Unraid OS 7.2 as a public beta. It has support for more file systems, an updated web interface, and much ...

In Linux's case, the file system interface is implemented in a three-layered architecture. There's the user interface layer; the file system implementation; and the storage device drivers.