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files dirs file fhs hier fsh	<reply> An explanation of how files and directories are organized on Ubuntu, and how they can be manipulated, can be found at https://help.ubuntu.…eeOverview see also: man hier	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-19 23:17:27 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2010-02-05 20:56:11 Requested 1702 times
fuse captive	<reply> FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is a !kernel driver that allows non-root users to create their own filesystems. See http://en.wikipedia.…_Userspace for more on FUSE. Some examples of filesystems that use FUSE are !ntfs-3g, sshfs and isofs. A full list of Filesystems that use FUSE is here: http://fuse.sourcefo…ileSystems	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 11:48:16 Last edited by Amaranth Last modified: 2007-08-07 14:36:30 Requested 1129 times
fsck	the FileSystem ChecKer, which runs automatically when you boot if you didn't shutdown cleanly. Type "man fsck" for information on running it manually. The command "sudo touch /forcefsck && sudo shutdown -r now" will force a reboot and a filesystem check; "sudo touch /fastboot" will skip a filesystem check at next reboot	LjL Added on: 2006-12-13 20:01:03 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-05-04 07:55:19 Requested 1033 times
ext3	the default filesystem on older versions of Ubuntu, and the most popular on Linux. You can read/write from Windows to ext3 via http://www.fs-driver.org	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-18 21:35:14 Last edited by rww Last modified: 2011-01-02 04:11:40 Requested 623 times
defrag defragmentation defragment	<reply> The default Ubuntu filesystem (ext4) is engineered to avoid fragmentation issues in most cases. However, there is an online defragmentation tool available if needed. For more information, see `man e4defrag`	Seveas Added on: 2006-07-20 22:49:03 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-03-30 19:26:16 Requested 365 times
plymouth	<reply> Plymouth is an application that runs very early in the boot process (even before the root filesystem is mounted!) that provides a graphical boot animation while the boot process happens in the background. To change your Plymouth theme use « sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth && sudo update-initramfs -u »	Pici Added on: 2010-12-02 14:07:39 Last edited by Jordan_U Last modified: 2013-04-29 00:05:35 Requested 161 times
btrfs	<reply> Btrfs is a filesystem available for Ubuntu. It is not recommended by default, and should not be used for important data. See https://help.ubuntu.…nity/btrfs	LjL Added on: 2011-11-06 15:30:17 Last edited by dax Last modified: 2016-04-08 06:46:24 Requested 113 times
sshfs	a !Fuse based filesystem which allows you to mount a remote system over !SSH - See https://help.ubuntu.…nity/SSHFS for instructions	jpds Added on: 2009-02-15 18:29:16 Last edited by tsimpson Last modified: 2011-03-03 21:45:11 Requested 100 times
xfs	a high-performance journaling filesystem originally developped by Silicon Graphics for their IRIX OS. It is now fully supported by Linux so you can install Ubuntu on it if you wish. More info at http://en.wikipedia.…g/wiki/XFS	Seveas Added on: 2007-04-27 00:35:39 Never edited Requested 73 times
addingfs	<reply>If you are adding space to your Ubuntu installation mounting a newly created unix filesystem (ext3, xfs, jfs, etc) you can not set permissions (read, write, etc) filesystem-wide like you do when mounting filesystems that do not support unix permissions (vfat, ntfs, hfs, etc). See !permissions and !fstab	jrib Added on: 2008-02-12 15:52:30 Last edited by jrib Last modified: 2008-02-12 15:58:35 Requested 50 times
lost+found lost	where !fsck places any files it gleans from a corrupt filesystem. These are files which had become unlinked from their parent directories.	apokryphos Added on: 2006-06-19 13:12:22 Never edited Requested 47 times
rm	<reply> The Unix 'rm' command removes files and directories from the filesystem. It is an extremly powerful tool, and you should not run 'rm' commands unless you fully understand them. Do not run arbitrary 'rm' commands you see online. For a beginning guide on using terminal commands, see https://help.ubuntu.…heTerminal	Seveas Added on: 2006-06-18 19:07:55 Last edited by k1l_ Last modified: 2016-02-22 21:54:28 Requested 41 times
filesystems	<reply> ext3 and ext4 are the default filesystems in Ubuntu (and many other Linuxes). Alternative Linux filesystems include reiserfs and xfs. fat32 and ntfs are DOS/Windows filesystems. hfs and hfs+ are filesystems for the Mac. More info at http://en.wikipedia.…le_systems	Seveas Added on: 2007-04-27 00:36:30 Last edited by Myrtti Last modified: 2011-01-05 12:49:11 Requested 30 times
the default ubuntu filesystem (ext3)	<deleted>engineered to avoid fragmentation issues in most cases, see http://linkpot.net/behead/ for a simple example on how it achieves this.The default Ubuntu filesystem (ext3) is engineered to avoid fragmentation issues in most cases, see http://linkpot.net/behead/ for a simple example on how it achieves this.	Pici Added on: 2008-06-06 15:36:21 Last edited by Pici Last modified: 2009-05-18 23:55:49 Requested 1 times
filesystem	<alias>files	jussi01 Added on: 2008-03-08 19:14:06 Never edited Requested 0 times