Fedora 11 and Ext4: The Straight Bits

[Shannon McMackin]

On 06/08/2009 01:58 PM, Yaakov Nemoy wrote:
> 2009/6/8 Shannon McMackin<smcmackin at gmail.com>:
>> On 06/08/2009 01:33 PM, Jack Aboutboul wrote:
>>> Read the complete interview here:
>>>
>>> http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/06/fedora-11-and-ext4-straight-bits.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Let's face it--We're addicted! To files that is. More importantly, we
>>> are addicted to the massively large and ever increasing storage devices
>>> upon which we store those files. Make no mistake though, like any
>>> addiction, storing content comes at a cost and usually those costs are
>>> paid at the filesystem level. We all want more space and we all want
>>> better performance when it comes to disk I/O and a junkie's wishlist
>>> never ends.
>>>
>>> Fedora 11, when released tomorrow, will be the first distribution to
>>> boast the inclusion of ext4, the latest incarnation in the extended file
>>> system family, as default. Ext4 brings with it support for larger
>>> filesystems, larger single file size and many improvements in almost
>>> every imaginable facet. Join me for an interview with Eric Sandeen,
>>> renown file system hacker, Red Hat Engineer and Fedora Contributor as he
>>> takes on a little trip down Filesystem Alley and explains what
>>> filesystems are, where did they come from, why should we care and why
>>> they along with Fedora 11 are prepping to take over the WOOOOORLD!
>>>
>> I don't mean to meddle here, but didn't Ubuntu have ext4 with their Jaunty
>> Jackalope release?
>
> Is it default?
>
> We had it available since F10 anyways. We also have btrfs available
> with a special switch, which afaik, Ubuntu does not yet have.
>
> -Yaakov
>
It's an option, but Ubuntu also does not require an ext3/ext2 /boot 
partition.