The ext4 file system is the 4th generation ext file system. The first, ext, was implemented in April 1992 and was the first file system created specifically for the Linux kernel.

The default file system used in Ubuntu Linux--EXT4--is widely accepted as delivering superior performance to the NTFS file system used in Windows--today we explore why.

The default file system in Windows is NTFS, and the default file system in Ubuntu Linux is EXT4. The purpose of today’s 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux post is to try and understand what the ...

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

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?

An open source file system can bring huge scalability, parallel file system capability and advanced features compared to those bundled with commercial operating systems.

Activity in Linux file systems, BTRFS and ext4 August 10, 2009 by Doug Black This may not be news to the file system aware among you, but I’m part of the blissfully ignorant crowd that complains about ...

Second point, I would hardly call either of these file systems fringe, they are direct ports from there very mature commercial Unix counterparts (some features omitted in IBM JFS linux port).

I would be grateful for any advice for the simplest and easiest Linux system that will allow me to copy, clone and manage the EXT4 files. I won't need to use the Linux for anything else, unless I get ...