The file system in Linux can be intimidating coming from other
operating systems like Microsoft Windows. At first glance it may
seem that there is no organisation to the files, but there is a
method to this madness. After spending some more time with the
file system in Linux, it will seem a lot more secure and
organised. Linux supports many file systems such as EXT4, BTRFS
and FAT32. In many of the file systems that Linux uses, file
names are case sensitive. Network file systems such as SMB and
NFS can be mounted permanently on a directory if it is available
and online. The file structure in Linux is very different to the
file system in Microsoft Windows. Windows separates partitions
into drives identified by a letter followed by a colon
punctuation mark (:). The advantage is if an application is
causing damage to the drive recursively, the data on a drive
identified by a different letter will be safe. In Linux,
partitions are mounted in empty directories, which is great for
applications like media centres th