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Btrfs Could Be the Default File System In Ubuntu Meerkat

Posted by Soulskill on from the shake-things-up dept.

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."

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  1. Re:please... by MrHanky · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are you certain that it's due to FS corruption? I've had ext4 fail to boot due to silly errors like the last write being one hour into the future (some kind of time zone confusion), but no corruption at all. I ask only because most people seem incapable of reading an error message and just doing the /sbin/fsck.ext4 /dev/sdaX that it explicitly calls for.

  2. Re:please... by gbjbaanb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    regardless of why, I've never heard of that happen with an ext3 filesystem. Now imagine you're running a server, a trip to the datacentre to run fsck would be annoying.

  3. Right by dnaumov · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is a filesystem, where the developers keep finding major (including fatal) bugs basically every other week. If even the slightest idea of making it the default filesystem in a distribution scheduled for release in 6 months crosses your mind, seek professional help. Now.

  4. Better Options by sunderland56 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    How about either
    • Having no default, and presenting a list of options (with suitable help, detailing why each would be a good or a bad choice); or
    • Having an intelligent default, based on disk capacity, use (i.e. boot volume or not), and technology (magnetic versus solid state)