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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oracle's implementation of ZFS is Proprietary software. The original version was developed with an open source model By Sun microsystems, which was bought by oracle. And Oracle contributing to the Linux Kernel with BTRFS isn't that ground breaking

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Still, no one else did it... I mean, after RaiserFS, was there another FS released under GPL that was a viable alternative to EXT*?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago
  • 4% perf increase
  • occasionally losing your data
  • can't shrink. ever.

XFS is such a non-starter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

BTRFS, which works great as long as you accept its limitations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Correct... don't like that, but yes, that is correct.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

which works great as long as you accept its limitations.

This can be said of cannibalism, fascism and the GoP also. Just, some have massive limitations you'll be accepting, but the statement is still true.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, openZFS is quite good, but it's license is incompatible with the GPL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's why is not in the kernel, it's a separate package.