# Exploring the Linux file system **URL:** \ **Category:** Blogs/Articles/Talks/Podcasts\ **Tags:** linux, in-the-news\ **Created:** [1 April 2021 14:05 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/exploring-the-linux-file-system/8385 "2021-04-01T14:05:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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In this post I will mostly explore linux file system and its directory structure but In order to explore linux file system first we need to understand what’s a file system and how do they work?. In simple words, A filesystem is way in which files are named and logically placed in the computer for storage and retrieval. Without a filesystem, information placed in a storage medium would be one large body of data with no way to tell where it begins or stops and this is one of the reasons why having a file system is important as it keeps the data organized and makes it easier for the computer to retrieve the data. A file system consists of two or three layers, sometimes these layers are explicitly separated, and sometimes the functions are combined… > **[Exploring Linux File System | Muhammad](https://muhammadraza.me/2021/Linux-FS/)** > > Exploring Linux File System in detail and going over each directory of file system _This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers._