Mate you may need to take off those MAGA glasses. When in the stability status a good dozen items are listed as
mostly OK
It means there issues to still be resolved.
Further;
If you look at the issues listed as not Ok, they will not impact most systems.
that you imply that then most other system or use case are irellevant. As I said horses for course. Choose the file format for the application and MY experience has been ext4 for / and kernel OS files for reliability/availability and no nasty surprises. If reliability is secondary yeah go ahead use btrf in that application. But I want a solid system as failure means work and wasted time even is it is NOT most of the time.
Zealousy at the alter will never get you anywhere in life.
Take my Sons use case. He work in movie post production and they have linux server farms rendering 24/7. A few percent difference you may not see but you can financially feel after many months on movie rendering. The difference can be a day or 2 completion earlier. Thats why they use ext4. Performance = Money particularly when margins are tight.
In the end a filesystem is a tool. Like an engineers hammer versus a ball hammer. You can use both to beat up an object but the ball hamers works best on curved surfaces and the engineers hammers better for flat surfaces. You choose the right one for the right job. That’s how I evolved my mind map for the file systems. I am not opposed to the use of BTRFS for / but ext4 will give you maringal better performance and reliability versus the great feature that BTRFS with some negatives that are not an issue for most systems. Those doing HPC have different needs to the average user.
So I do not think you or I have the right to dictate to others that you must use a particular file system. You just point out the pros and cons and the best suited use case or application. It’s then up to the user to choose. Certainly your out of line criticising a user who made such choices based on their analysis.
you or I DO NOT have the right to dictate to others that you must use a particular file system. You just point out the pros and cons and the best suited use case or application. It’s then up to the user to choose.
Aahh yes Berkley location. Academia I presume. That explains all.
Suggest you move your studies to UNSW or Sydney Uni. They’ll teach you some ozy pragmatism. Sometimes sorely needed at the all knowing IT altar of American exceptionalism now so well on display in the White House.
Everyone, please calm down: everyone of you can use whatever you want and the way you want. Stop teasing each other, respect that there are different perspectives, use respectful formulations, and stay on-topic!
I set this topic to slow mode for now, and RobK and K k, you both might review the rules of this forums before posting (and generally calm down before posting → that makes life easier, angry posts and blames do not serve anyone, including yourself).
