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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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NTFS turns 30 years old today! I hear it's still in use by some crufty old legacy operating systems 😁 (en.wikipedia.org)

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Happy 30th Birthday "New Technology" File System! Thanks for 30 years of demonstrating Linux superiority with a gap that widens with every new kernel release 👍

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

His list is so expansive he cant even list one item from it in response.

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

I'll try. Short: It's not as powerful as ZFS.

Examples:

no low cost snapshots (don't harm performance)
no checksums, no self-healing
256 TB limit
magical reserved $ and OneDrive filenames
magical 8.3 mapping
broken standard API calls (CreateFileW instead of fopen)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Another reason ZFS is better is it gives you something to do with all your spare RAM.