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The same reason that Linux has 9 major file systems - because we can, and its free software, which means personal choice is paramount.
by Aloha 11y ago
The same reason that Linux has 9 major file systems - because we can, and its free software, which means personal choice is paramount.
- venomsnake 11y agoIn encryption one or two properly implemented and audited is better than 10 flawed ...
- Aloha 11y agoThats sorta what I'm implying - I'd rather have 2 good filesystems rather then 9 options each with their own differing set of corner and edge cases.
- venomsnake 11y agoSorry. Sarcasm gets missed sometimes on the internet.
- SSLy 11y agoI count three of them: ext4, xfs and btrfs. Did I miss any other general purpose FS that is still significant? (No, JFS and Reiser aren't, sorry.)
- imaginenore 11y agoSo you defined 3 systems as "significant", and are challenging to name more, when you know ahead of time nothing else falls under your definition. So brave! According to Google Trends, JFS is the third most popular file system on Linux, and Reiser is #1. F2FS is pretty big too, and it's the fastest on Linux 4 / SSD: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-40-ssd&num=2 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-40-...