<s>
GnomeVFS	B-Application
(	O
short	O
for	O
GNOME	B-Language
Virtual	I-Language
File	I-Language
System	I-Language
)	O
was	O
an	O
abstraction	B-Application
layer	I-Application
of	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
platform	O
for	O
the	O
reading	O
,	O
writing	O
and	O
execution	O
of	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
GNOME	B-Application
2.22	O
GnomeVFS	B-Application
was	O
primarily	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
appropriate	O
versions	O
of	O
Nautilus	B-Language
file	I-Language
manager	I-Language
(	O
renamed	O
to	O
GNOME	B-Language
Files	I-Language
)	O
and	O
other	O
GNOME	B-Language
applications	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cause	O
of	O
confusion	O
is	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
abstraction	B-Application
used	O
by	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
is	O
also	O
called	O
the	O
virtual	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
VFS	O
)	O
layer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
perceived	O
shortcomings	O
of	O
GnomeVFS	B-Application
a	O
replacement	O
called	O
GVfs	B-Language
was	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GVfs	B-Language
is	O
based	O
on	O
GIO	B-Language
and	O
allows	O
partitions	O
to	O
be	O
mounted	O
through	O
FUSE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
2.22	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
GnomeVFS	B-Application
was	O
declared	O
deprecated	B-General_Concept
in	O
favor	O
of	O
GVfs	B-Language
and	O
GIO	B-Language
,	O
requesting	O
that	O
developers	O
do	O
not	O
use	O
it	O
in	O
new	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
