On Thursday 27 September 2007 10:01, Milan wrote: > And how about using ReiserFS by default, or any other journaled > filesystem that doesn't require fsck to run regularly? I'm using > reiser3, and I hadn't noticed that fsck was run by default on startup > until a friend of mine installed Ubuntu with standard settings (i.e. > with ext3). > > >From Wikipedia: "ReiserFS is the default file system on the Slackware > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware>, Xandros > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xandros>, Yoper > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOPER>, Linspire > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linspire>, GoboLinux > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoboLinux>, Kurumin Linux > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurumin_Linux>, FTOSX and Libranet > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libranet> Linux distributions > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution>. ReiserFS was the > default file system in Novell <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell>'s > SUSE Linux Enterprise until Novell decided to move to ext3 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3> on October 12 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_12>, 2006 > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006>^ for future releases." > Why did Novell went back to ext3?
ReiserFS is effectively unmaintained. I've switched from ReiserFS to Ext3 for my installs too. While it works well now, bitrot seems inevitable. Scott K Note: This has nothing to do with an legal issues the developers have. The Reiser devs have been focused on ResierFS4 for quite some time. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
