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Enhanced Linux filesystem nears production kernel

linux-watch.com — Ext3 has become one of the most popular Linux filesystems. However, with hard drives sneaking up on a terabyte, concerns exist that ext3 won't be able to handle 21st-century storage requirements. With this in mind, the Linux kernel developers have just released the first real-world test version of ext4.

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  • GnuTzu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And, SuSE has just announced that it will switch to Ext3 (from Rieser) as the default file system.
  • psilanthropist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Too bad the Edgy changes are already frozen. Will have to wait for edgy +1 to see ubuntu using ext4.

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