Tuesday, January 29, 2013

what is your insight about Linux file system?

Q. what can you say about linux file system compared to windows'?

A. You should say Linux Filesystem because there isn't a official one
The most common filesystems are ext2 (older), reiserfs(old), ext3(latest)
If you are refering to the directory structure the way Linux stores files then you can compare them
In Windows the root directory is C:\
In UNIX/Linux the root directory is \
In Windows the storage component are devices and accessible to a directory structure
In UNIX to open storage device you have to mount them to a destination before opening them
In terms of fragmentation it is lower because ext3 does not write to disk immediately but throws the data into journal back up
Then calculate the most optimal allocation before writing to final destination

Is there a way to convert NTFS partitions to some Linux Filesystem in place without copying data?
Q. I'd like to convert a NTFS partition to a Linux File system in place without copying the data.

A. I don't think you can convert it directly without backing up your files first on a separate media unless you don't need the files.

GParted can do the conversion from NTFS to a Linux File System.

What other version of Linux is Pear Linux comparable to?
Q. I just started using Linux and I really like it. The one thing that I'm not really familiar with yet though is all the Linux file types. For example, I want to download a file and the only versions of Linux listed other versions like Ubuntu, Debian, etc.

Is there a version of Linux that Pear is specifically descendent from?

A. well pear linux is based on Ubuntu which is based on Debian,so there should be no problem with files of ubuntu and debian and softwares also, well most linux distro's are based on ubuntu as it is the most used linux version around ,and some are based on fedora which is based on Red Hat linux ,
i dont know what type of file you want to download but usually there wpuld be no problem with downloading any linux files

hope it helped



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