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Rewritten ReiserFS 4 Promises 2-5x Speed Increase

Posted by timothy on from the mounting-tension dept.

An anonymous reader reports that version 4 of "ReiserFS will be released in first quarter. Complete rewrite will support Atomic writing. 2-5 times faster. File corruption will be a thing of the past. Lindows.com is paying for part of it."

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  1. Good job to Lindows by JonnyRo88 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I cant say I would ever run Lindows, but it definately raises my impression of them that they are continuing to support reiserfs.

    This is an example of how a corporation can benifit from OSS and share that benifit by contributing back to OSS developers.

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    The Ro Factor - Jeep/Linux Weblog
  2. Good Show, Lindows! by TheWanderingHermit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm glad to see this. I remember when Lindows was announced, the general reaction here was, "Why create something to emulate Windows?" and there was a level of contempt here because it was so easy to use (as there always is here -- almost like a reaction of people insecure with their own status).

    They're also sponsoring a project involving KDE (forgot exactly what) and NVu (a full WYSIWYG HTML/Site editor based on Mozilla for Linux). Lindows is an excellent example of good citizenship in the FLOSS world. It's true they are a pay-for-only distro, but they are definitely giving back to the community -- in ways the community needs and other people/companies are not supporting.