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Ext4 Data Losses Explained, Worked Around

Posted by timothy on from the you-did-back-up-right dept.

ddfall writes "H-Online has a follow-up on the Ext4 file system — Last week's news about data loss with the Linux Ext4 file system is explained and new solutions have been provided by Ted Ts'o to allow Ext4 to behave more like Ext3."

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  1. Re:the workaround is bad design by girlintraining · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    THIS is why a) microsoft can't ever truly fix something and b) why using proprietary software screws over the user.

    As opposed to linux, where developer's can't get something working and then leave it alone? I fail to see any difference in end result as a user.

    Or would you rather have OSS software do the same as proprietary software vendors and work around problems forever but never fixing them?

    Right, because Linux has never had a problem that was just too costly to fix and so a workaround was devised.

    Saw that shiny 'run in IE7 mode' button in IE8? that's what you'll get...

    As opposed to the shiny 'All your data are belong to us' button on EXT4?

    Your post is nothing more than FUD, it's just pointing the other way now.

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