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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linus Torvalds Begins Expressing Regrets Merging Bcachefs (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 2 months ago by pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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There's been some Friday night kernel drama on the Linux kernel mailing list... Linus Torvalds has expressed regrets for merging the Bcachefs file-system and an ensuing back-and-forth between the file-system maintainer.

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (11 children)

two files in the same folder, one of them stored compressed on an array of HDDs in RAID10 and the other one stored on a different array [...]

Now that's what I call serious over-engineering.

Who in the world wants to use that?

And does that developer maybe have some spare time? /s

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Simple example: my Steam library could be RAID0 and unencrypted but my backups I definitely want to be RAID1 and compressed, and encrypted for security. The media library doesn't need encryption but maybe want it in RAID1 because ripping movies takes forever. I may also want to have the games on NVMe when I play them, and stored on the HDDs when I'm not playing them, and my VMs on the SATA SSD array as a performance middleground.

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