Ext4 Filesystem Explained in Plain English »

Posted By schestowitz 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology

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Linux Kernel 2.6.28 was released while you were partying on New Years and declared the much anticipated Ext4 filesystem as stable. The web buzzed on how fast and reliable Ext4 and the Ubutnu community celebrated to the news that the upcoming 9.04 version will include Ext4 . Ext4 brings a lot of enhancements, but to a non-technical person like me it does sound confusing, with a lot of technical terms that don’ t make really make sense. So I thought I should read up and do my best to understand Ext4 and how it will enhance our day-to-day computing experience.