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Tux3 File System Could Finally Make It Into the Mainline Linux Kernel

Posted by Soulskill on from the voted-onto-the-island dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Tux3 file-system that's been in development since 2008 as the public replacement to the patent-blocked Tux2 file-system is now under review for inclusion into the Linux kernel. Tux3 tries to act as a 'light, tight, modern file-system. We offer a fresh approach to some ancient problems,' according to its lead developer, Daniel Phillips. Tux3 strives for minimal resource consumption but lacks enterprise-grade reliability at this point. Tux3, at the end of the day, tries to be 'robust, fast, and simple' with the Linux FS reportedly being as fast as other well known file-systems. Details on the project are at Tux3.org."

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  1. TFS misses one point by NotInHere · · Score: 5, Informative

    From TFA: "Tux3 is yet another interesting open-source file-system designed for specialized cases."

  2. NIHFS? by BaronM · · Score: 4, Interesting

    First off, I think that 'better than ZFS' is a good and legitimate goal, seeing as how ZFS is very, very good, but not perfect.

    That said, there's also BTFS and HAMMER aiming to be 'better than ZFS'.

    I know: everyone wants to scratch their own itch, and there is no reason that multiple projects in the same area should necessarily been see as competing, and if I'm unhappy about it, I should just go write my own instead of complaining. Did I cover everything? :)

    I just wonder sometimes if Linux wouldn't have moved beyond EXT4, X11, and the desktop environment wars if the 'not invented here' syndrome were just a little less prevalent.

    1. Re:NIHFS? by Bengie · · Score: 4, Interesting

      OpenZFS. They're getting rid of "versions" and just having "Feature flags". This will allow you to create ZFS pools on one system, and just make sure what ever features that are only supported on another target system, are enable when you create the pool.

  3. Re:parent delays by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    took 14 years to rewrite it to avoid parents!

    A lot of these linux developers are pretty young.

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  4. Re:Ambitious but not much has happened in 6 yrs by Bengie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a worthy goal to have. We need more competition in the FS sector. Many times competition is the inspiration for new features, even if some of these FS don't even make it off the ground. ZFS is great, but it's not perfect, and they only have so many resources to throw at new ideas to test. Monoculture is never a good thing.