/ The Root Directory Everything on your Linux system is located under the / directory, known as the root directory.

Linux uses a tree structure beginning with the root directory to keep files organized. There can be two files in the same directory with the same name in Linux.

The root can do everything but login, and specific users get the privilege to do certain things. sudo XKCD #149 (CC by SA 2.5) In the Linux world, sudo is very common.

Microsoft has submitted a series of patches to Linux kernel developers requesting that Linux run as the root partition on the Hyper-V, its hypervisor software for running Windows and non-Windows ...