Momentum. Prior to EXT4, in many distributions, EXT3 was the default file-system. It was mature and robust. At the same time, XFS often required a kernel compile, so it got less attention from end ...

Google's new Nexus S smartphone is the first Android device to use the Ext4 filesystem. The company published a statement on the official Android developer blog earlier this month to discuss how ...

Linux continues to grow bigger and better. Here's what's new and notable in the 6.16 release, plus what you need to know about 6.17.

More and more articles have been appearing on the EXT4 filesystem. In fact, the article that really caught my eye was one recently regarding the speed of using EXT4 on flash media.

Most Linux systems today use a file system type called ext4. The “ext” part stands for “extended” and the 4 indicates that this is the 4th generation of this file system type.

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 ...

The tmpfs file system is one which keeps all of its files in virtual memory. The ext4 file system is a journaling file system developed as the successor to ext3.

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 ...

If you install a micro SD card in your Steam Deck, it'll be formatted to the EXT4 file system. Windows doesn't support the EXT4 file system.