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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. E-4! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    all servers. Coming [fact there won't it's going, by BSDI who sell never

  2. Only if they can customize it ... by tomhudson · · Score: -1, Troll
    ... they need to be able to "Ubuntu-fy" it first:
    1. give it a fugly color-blind scheme;
    2. move some of the control bits around from their usual places;
    3. claim that it somehow makes it "more friendly to Windows users";
    4. screw up a few things that work fine right now;

    That sound you're about to hear is a million Ubuntu fanbois gnashing their teeth. Of course, most of them are posting from Windows, but that's a story for another time :-)

  3. Why the stupid censorship? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Goatse lives. Forever!