Btrfs Could Be the Default File System In Ubuntu Meerkat 269
An anonymous reader writes "The EXT family of file systems (ext2, ext3, ext4) have ruled many Linux distributions for a long time, and Ubuntu has been no exception. But things may no longer be the same for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat. Canonical's Scott James Remnant said in a blog post that plans are on for doing work to have btrfs as an installation option, and that the possibility of making it the default file system in Ubuntu 10.10 has not been ruled out."
Ubuntu... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:please... (Score:2, Funny)
In humble your opinion, sir?
I not understand do.
Re:Ubuntu... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:features & performance (Score:3, Funny)
You can't compare it to Reiser4. Reiser just kills everything out there.
Re:please... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:features & performance (Score:4, Funny)
Reiser is a killer FS, but you have to keep your eyes on it...it totally chokes under certain conditions, with the result being your system gets locked up.
Re:It hasn't been ruled out, but it is ruled unlik (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ubuntu... (Score:5, Funny)
You can keep your ugly old broad. Me, I want something young and fresh, even if she's a little loopy.
Loopy chicks fsck better.
I can see why they think it's ready! (Score:1, Funny)
[linux-2.6]$ git log fs/btrfs | egrep "Author.*ubuntu" | wc -l
0
I mean, with that amount of effort, it's about time they are able to finally bask in the glory of their creation!
It'll also be comforting to know their btrfs developers will be able to resolve any problems that may crop up.
Just sayin'
Re:please... (Score:2, Funny)
1. The file system has the power to brick your machine because of a clock setting
I do not think this word means what you think it means.
Re:please... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:features (Score:1, Funny)
Does Btrfs support proportional fonts?
Re:features & performance (Score:1, Funny)
But sometimes that's the only way to get it to tell you the location of a lost file.
Re:Ubuntu... (Score:5, Funny)
How's a linux user supposed to retain their air of smug supperiority if the average schmoe can install it.
Become a FreeBSD user, of course. Or was that a rhetorical question? Have you ever met a FreeBSD user?
Re:please... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ubuntu... (Score:5, Funny)
You can keep your ugly old broad. Me, I want something young and fresh, even if she's a little loopy.
Loopy chicks fsck better.
And you can mount them more times in a row. Loopback mounting, even.
Yeah (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, I know, I know, it's a killer file system.
Re:Is it better in the recovery department than ex (Score:1, Funny)
I've seen ext2/3 delete all of my files, very quickly. Not exactly the intended behavior at the time.
Re:Why does this article scare me? (Score:3, Funny)
Maverick Meerkat will be all about trying out new things, they'll scrap whatever doesn't work.
Funny, that sounds like the last 3 Ubuntu releases to me. Except for the "scrap" part, that is.