Linux continues to grow bigger and better. Here's what's new and notable in the 6.16 release, plus what you need to know about 6.17.

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?

If you want to dive deeper into the world of free and open source software Linux has to offer this weekend, check out some commonly first-installed Linux apps. If you missed it, you should also go ...

Patch now: Linux file system security hole, dubbed Sequoia, can take over systems This Linux kernel's filesystem security vulnerability can enable any user to grab root privileges.

UNIX systems have an "everything is a file" principle that means even your hardware ends up with a file. This directory contains files for devices on your system from disks and partitions to mice and ...

Linux has its own file systems, including Ext, XFS, and BTRFS. Unfortunately, Windows did not have support for these Linux file systems—until now.

In Linux, the program and system files are found in two different directories. The boot files can be found in the /boot directory, while the software and program files are stored under the /bin device ...

You can examine the contents of compressed files on Linux systems without uncompressing the files or changing them in any way. This post explains the commands for doing that and the types of ...

This file system is then downloaded and mounted on compromised machines, providing a preconfigured toolkit that can be used to compromise a Linux system further.

Jack Wallen introduces new Linux users to the mount command and how to use it to mount an external drive to the internal file system.