Linux Filesystems: Where did they come from? [linux.conf.au 2014]

[@allanpoulsen7172]

For a filesystem nerd like myself this is a fantastic talk!

[@ZaydDepaor]

Don't skip over the definitions and explanations of terms.....consider the much wider youtube audience!

[@TheSurvivor1963]

Zayd Depaor Excuse me, Sir, but I believe he said in the beginning that this was a lecture where he presumed that those were in place,- and that he was addressing a little more advanced public. :) In my opinion youtube is flooded with basic lectures and I really miss more advanced. :)

[@Reichstaubenminister]

Pro tip: Don't point the speakers that output your microphone input at said microphone. How did nobody think of that, especially at around 43:00?

[@edgeeffect]

On our PDP-11 at college, we had 6 (not even 8) letter file names

[@mthees08]

I would like to see these graphs renormalized to the total number of lines of code when each ext file system was initially released

[@ZaydDepaor]

interesting I never knew the ext4 file system was on ongoing development work with added features over many years...I thought they were more or less developed pre-release and then left alone except for apparent bugs that arise later. Whenever a new filesystem comes out I don't like to adopt it unless it has been around 2 or 3 years in mainstream usage.... I would rather stick with what is functional and less featured than the feature rich ones, as I fear bugs/instability destroying my data etc. Have been using ext3 for 5yrs and only recently adopted ext4 with my latest installs of Linux distros...but then again, I stuck with the same two distros and same versions for about 5 years :)

[@RonJohn63]

I'm flabbergasted you would think that a large section of the internet and much important s/w managing corporations runs on pre-release software.

[@ZaydDepaor]

RonJohn63 No I meant that I thought that the file systems were hardly developed at all after initial release. Didn't know they kept on developing with lots of alterations.

[@RonJohn63]

Zayd Depaor OK. In light of your comment about only recently adopting ext4, your quote "developed pre-release and then left alone" seems to imply otherwise, but your second comment clarified. Note that ext4 was declared stable *6* *years* *ago*. /same versions for about 5 years/ That's just an invitation to security breaches.

[@ZaydDepaor]

RonJohn63 Yes well I do use ext4 but wont start using btrfs for a long time

[@RonJohn63]

Zayd Depaor /wont start using btrfs for a long time/ :) Neither will I... xfs, ext4 & lvm are just *stable*, even when adding new features.

[@inafusabi]

Informative, Thank you

[@morningstar5380]

in the near future ,, linux will b legend,,

[@llothar68]

Because it will be only alive in weird stories of old people. But sure 2017 will be the year where Linux boosts. ROTFLMAO.

[@RobertoAlexFigueroa]

+IllusionHellbreaker buddy From BC the end of the world was announced .

[@junialter]

I constantly get a high pitched but silent noice. Does somebody else notice? Please remove and reupload. A very enthusiastic speech btw.

[@casperes0912]

Yeah - it's in the video. A lot of people probably can't hear it though. The older you get the harder it gets. I be it's probably at the edge of what I can hear.

They really need a better sound guy.

[@raphaelcarvalho4288]

Why do you think so?

Raphael S Carvalho near constant feedback issues