A couple of weeks ago my curiosity turned a light working weekend into a full on charge in exploring the ins and outs of NAS server file systems. While testing the Crucial RealSSD C300, we moved away ...

For this issue we cover the Linux.Ars visit to the OhioLinux fest, LVM snapshotting with XFS for hot backups, Tomboy, and more. On October 2nd, Jorge Castro and I found ourselves on our way to the ...

My brother brought his machine to me which I'd previously set up with Debian, and which he's happily using, even though he's not really a "Linux geek" or anything. Lately, though, he's been ...

Red Hat has just announced the availability of its next-generation Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7) platform, which has been in the works since 2010. The software packs several new features, ...

The latest release of the Linux operating system kernel offers a number of improvements that should speed up operations in SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) systems. Among the improvements are an ...

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Dropbox has announced that starting on November 7th 2018, only the ext4 file system will be supported in Linux for synchronizing folders in the Dropbox desktop app. Those Linux users who have synch on ...

Filesystems, like file cabinets or drawers, control how your operating system stores data. They also hold metadata like filetypes, what is attached to data, and who has access to that data. For ...