Linux vs Windows File System Structure Compared!

Linux and Windows file system structure explained to better help the new user understand they key differences to where system files, program files, and configurations are stored.

00:00 - Introduction
01:06 - Home/Users Directory
02:20 - Hidden Files
04:23 - Mounted Drives
07:55 - Program Files
09:45 - Boot/System32
10:55 - Other Directories

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[braelinmichelus]

The /usr directory is not read only.
It's actually quite comparable to the
C:\Windows directory.
It's generally either called the
UNIX System Resources or
Universal System Resources,
and it contains system-wide configuration
files as well as many files used by programs.
Such as your system-wide themes are under /usr/share/themes,
and your fonts are at /usr/share/fonts. /usr/bin also contains
many of the programs a user will interact with.

It's a very useful directory that should not be glossed over.

[jomo]

When I hear Americans say it's 110 degrees outside, I'm always confused and start wondering, how are you even alive.. then I remember they mean it in Farhenheit and I calm down.

[skywalker]

Great explanation I feel that knowing the file structure you know and it makes it easier for you to understand any other process in Linux. Greetings from México ! 80 F° max here where i live btw and so much raining too!

[jhgames]

I really like the importance and the simplicity of the home folder on Linux, it works just like a house, you take care of it, if you play your cards right, you will always know where everything is and no matter what, you'll always know where your home is.
On Windows, nobody uses and control their "Users" folder, they only use the shortcuts provided by the system, like "Documents", "Videos", "Music", etc. Despite that, I really like the simplicity and organization of the root folder on Windows, despite I really not liking the way it works and how the admin permissions and .exe in general functions on Windows.

[muhammadraihan]

Very well explained. Keep up the good work

[CodingWithBen]

Hi. I really like your channel. Thanks for the complete explanation. I have learnt loads about the file system but still some folders such as /proc are some confusion. Keep up the content (I liked by the way)

[russellbrooks]

Good video. I played with Linux for many years, but I didn't become comfortable enough with it to ditch windows until I figured out and learned from others some of this kind of stuff. For the last couple of years, I've become a Linux user, and sometimes I play with windows.

[peterschmidt]

Good explanation of the file structures.
I've always kept my user files on a separate drive. After moving over to Linux, I basically re-structured the directories to mimic Linux (Documents, Music, Photos etc). Then you can point Windows or Linux to the same drives/folder structure without issue. Of course it's got to be formatted as NTFS or some type of Windows drive format for both to read.

[gustavocarvalho]

great video!
i watch them here in Brazil, congratulations on the work.

[microcloudhd]

Could you make a video explaining the differences between Win32 and UWP Windows programs, as well as how apps downloaded from the Microsoft store (whether Win32 or UWP) are installed and run differently from regular Windows programs (sandboxed or whatever)? Can't seem to find anything explaining that!

[maaifoediedelarey]

Greetings from South Africa, thank you for the useful info ! Subscribed

[ZajetyOfficial]

Hello. First of all, I'm very sorry for my English. However, I have a question about the file system in Linux. When you install a program from the console, it enters the SDA. What to do, if at all possible, to choose a location of any type of SDB for example? Best regards

[muaazbassa]

How do you have file systems in your folders window? What do I need to install to get that?

[bcvvugg]

When he bring out explorer.exe and nemo, and interact with both, my brain goes And quickly realized Linux mint is a VM, full-screened on one monitor.

[bryanstark]

What I want to know is how did you get Windows Explorer to show folders in a linux machine?

[psychogamer]

Hey @Tech Hut... I need some help... I'm new to linux, I'm running PoP OS 20.04, when I shut down/ reboot my pc, I get something like this "system shutdown[1] : waiting for process : crond"
Searched internet but found nothing on it... please help

[imhemish]

I just have a curiosity to know if you and other people store pictures, music, documents in home directory's Pictures, musics and documents folder. Or you just keep in separate parition.
Using linux for 2 yrs and now on arch. Knew all the stuff described in the video but I just wanted to know your opinion whether to keep files in separate parition or in home dir. Maybe the idea of keeping on separate parition originated from windows as we generally keep files on separate parition

[DanielClear]

Remember: This is the comparison of Linux and Windows as operating systems, not kernels.
NT kernel, used by Windows, actually has a similar structure [/dev/sda1 =
But these are never used by anything other than extremely low-level operations. NT handles all operations itself. Windows system root is still C:.

Linux both as a kernel and OS (distro), use "/" as root, but the directories inside it are differentiated.
So /proc or /dev is by kernel, but /home or /opt is by OS distro.
_This is the difference that confuses people, coming from Windows._

[nikamak]

How did you get the windows file manager in linux how does that work? I was wondering if you were using a windows vm but i don't know how that would work.

[cristaldubragg]

Great video!, you are not a linux elitist like so many youtubers, just explaining linux