What is the Linux File System? - #3

Опубликовано: 24 Март 2026
на канале: Lambert Labs
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Welcome to this week's Learning at Lambert Labs session. This week, Aaron Elijah takes us through demystifying the Linux File System and how an everyday developer can take advantage of that knowledge to improve efficiency.

All demonstrations were done in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

In Today's Learning Session:
Motivation for study (use in Docker, learn more about hardware-software integration, applies to MacOS).
Posix-compliant vs. 'Unix-like'.
Showcase diagram of a typical Linux File System.
/boot partition and typical booting process
/bin directory and symlinks
/dev directory and demonstration with USB device
/etc directory and comparison of /etc/ssh vs ~/.ssh
/var directory and use in Docker for finding log files
/usr directory, its origin and why many there are many symlinks from /bin and /lib
/opt directory for manually installed, self-contained software from vendors
Where to find more information.
Quick Q&A from our developers

📖 Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/...

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