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I also don't understand how filesystems work. They have like... b-trees? And inodes? Something like that. Or is inode a linux thing? No that's file descriptor.
by shp0ngle 5y ago
I also don't understand how filesystems work.
They have like... b-trees? And inodes? Something like that. Or is inode a linux thing? No that's file descriptor... I guess?
What is a journal? I don't know. Something that exists somewhere. Is it the same as systemd journal? I don't know.
And I still don't understand why I need to use FAT32 from like 2000 to be able to work on Linux, OS X and Windows. Why is there no standard that works everywhere? What's the hard part there?
- rnd0 5y ago>What's the hard part there? Capitalism; IOW shareholder value and vendor lock-in. It's' difficult to get separate corporations to implement compatibility when their profits and lock-in rely on vendor lock-in.
- shp0ngle 5y agoThey already do on harder things like video codecs. Alliance for Open Media (AV1/VP9 creators) steam-rolled over MPEG; has everyone big on board (Apple joined recently); is open and works on Linux. Why not filesystems? But I guess as people move to cloud, it matters way less how to share USB flash drives.