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Although this is somewhat true, I think the bigger issue is expecting Linux to support all these use cases. Even if Linus accepted all use cases, it's a differe
by vacuity 1y ago
Although this is somewhat true, I think the bigger issue is expecting Linux to support all these use cases. Even if Linus accepted all use cases, it's a different story to maintain a kernel/OS that supports them all. The story from an engineering standpoint is just too unwieldy. A general-purpose OS can only go so far to optimize countless special-purpose uses.
- tremon 1y agoThis is not some minor niche use case though, and all other operating systems seem to have no trouble supporting OS fscache bypass.
- vacuity 1y agoConsidering how big Linux is and how many different use cases it supports, this could well be an undue maintenance burden for Linux where it wouldn't be for other operating systems. Though, I'll grant that I don't know the details here, and of course Linus is...opinionated.
- jeffbee 1y agoI agree. I wish we had more varied operating systems.