What file format does Linux have?

[Darwineine]

Will files created & downloaded on Windows e.g. video, audio, document etc work on linux operating system and vise versa?

 

[antoine21839]

Will files created & downloaded on Windows e.g. video, audio, document etc work on linux operating system and vise versa?

Linux uses ext4, but is also compatible with all other file formats. So yeah, you will be able to transfert documents created with linux to windows and vice-versa. Just be careful not to format USB flash drives in ext4, otherwise you will only be able to use it with linux PCs and Macs.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Video, documents, audio and any other content type files are OS agnostic.
they require a program/codec to run them. If one available - you can use them.
Files downloaded from somewhere can be transferred to any other OS. the only problem that might occur is file names if encoding is not supported by OS.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Will files created & downloaded on Windows e.g. video, audio, document etc work on linux operating system and vise versa?

Linux uses ext4, but is also compatible with all other file formats. So yeah, you will be able to transfert documents created with linux to windows and vice-versa. Just be careful not to format USB flash drives in ext4, otherwise you will only be able to use it with linux PCs and Macs.

EXT4 is a file system - not file type.
it is by far the only one used by Linux systems. but that of course not related to OP question

 

[antoine21839]

Will files created & downloaded on Windows e.g. video, audio, document etc work on linux operating system and vise versa?

Linux uses ext4, but is also compatible with all other file formats. So yeah, you will be able to transfert documents created with linux to windows and vice-versa. Just be careful not to format USB flash drives in ext4, otherwise you will only be able to use it with linux PCs and Macs.

EXT4 is a file system - not file type.
it is by far the only one used by Linux systems. but that of course not related to OP question

Yep sorry it's not what I meant.

 

[Darwineine]

Just be careful not to format USB flash drives in ext4, otherwise you will only be able to use it with linux PCs and Macs.

USB flash drive isn't supposed to be formatted in ext4 / linux environment? The flash drive becomes linux friendly only?

 

[antoine21839]

Will files created & downloaded on Windows e.g. video, audio, document etc work on linux operating system and vise versa?

Just be careful not to format USB flash drives in ext4, otherwise you will only be able to use it with linux PCs and Macs.

USB flash drive isn't supposed to be formatted in ext4 / linux environment? The flash drive becomes linux friendly only?

If you format a flash drive on linux, be careful not to choose the EXT4 option, otherwise only linux PCs and macs will be able to read it, be careful to format it in fat32/NTFS

 

[n0ns3ns3]

flash drives that used for windows are usually FAT or exFat formatted. sometimes they are NTFS formatted.
Those file systems are supported in linux. but not always included in all linux distributions.
Ubuntu for example will have no problem

 

[Darwineine]

If you format a flash drive on linux, be careful not to choose the EXT4 option, otherwise only linux PCs and macs will be able to read it, be careful to format it in fat32/NTFS

Thank you for the alert. I will keep that in mind while formatting the USB drive.

 

[Darwineine]

I really appreciate your replies guys. And of course, thank you for enhancing knowledge. You people are awesome!