On the State of Linux File Systems 319
kev009 writes to recommend his editorial overview of the past, present and future of Linux file systems: ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, Reiser4, ext4, Btrfs, and Tux3. "In hindsight it seems somewhat tragic that JFS or even XFS didn't gain the traction that ext3 did to pull us through the 'classic' era, but ext3 has proven very reliable and has received consistent care and feeding to keep it performing decently. ... With ext4 coming out in kernel 2.6.28, we should have a nice holdover until Btrfs or Tux3 begin to stabilize. The Btrfs developers have been working on a development sprint and it is likely that the code will be merged into Linus's kernel within the next cycle or two."
Re:ZFS!! (Score:5, Funny)
But... (Score:2, Funny)
is it ready for the desktop?
I propose a new file system.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Lightweight (Score:5, Funny)
Appologies accepted.
Anonymous Cow
Re:what fs out there... (Score:5, Funny)
You seem very knowledgeable regarding filesystems in general.
Dude, it should have been a hint when tytso [wikipedia.org] wrote,
I was the e2fsprogs maintainer, and especially in the last year, as the most experienced upstream kernel developer have been responsible for patch quality assurance and pushing the patches upstream.
Alllrig.... Oh. (Score:5, Funny)
parodizing _what_, exactly? (Score:1, Funny)
Could you tell us which song this post is a parody of? Thanks.
Re:what fs out there... (Score:5, Funny)
Ah, anyone can edit wikipedia. I say he's just showing off to get the chicks!
Re:I propose a new file system.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The article is incorrect with respect to ext4.. (Score:5, Funny)
Repeato ad absurdium...
What is that gibberish supposed to mean? Christ, I hate mock-Latin. If you want a fancy-sounding term referring to repeating something again and again, use ad nauseam.
Re:EXT appropriate for desktop? (Score:2, Funny)
But reiserFS support is dwindling (on ubuntu it costs me 10 seconds during a 40 second boot and all i get, from various sources, is that reiserFS is not supported i should use ext3).
OMG! Someone killed ReiserFS!
Re:Lightweight (Score:1, Funny)
Paper for an open-access database-related journal:
"Anonymous COW, a new Copy-on-Write technique
for beef-oblivious filesystems"