On 20/09/2017 09:03, Richard Brown wrote:
On 20 September 2017 at 08:45, Stevens <fred-n-sandy@myrhinomail.com> wrote:
On the odd chance that I was ignored for possibly hijacking a thread, I shall start a new one but copy and paste my comments in hope of an answer:
(re: Killing ReiserFS) I have been following this thread with some interest because of having been running ReiserFS since before he turned homicidal. I have had zero, count that ZERO, problems in all that time so I read with some dismay the effort to actively kill its usage in this whatever-you-call-it distro.
I think that the more relevant question to ask is not "can we keep this file system around, pretty please" but "what distros are allowing its use by not actively trying to kill it"? I have used opensuse since before Mandrake went away, which has been a while and, although I don't really want to change distros, I am not married to suse (or leap, or whatever).
I feel that what we have here with opensuse/leap is an example of the classic "swing" cartoon which shows the stages of project development from sales, engineering, installation and what the customer actually wanted. My need is not as complex as some and for that ReiserFS works quite well.
So, my question remains, "If not suse/leap, then who"?
Hopefully someone will know what distros allow the freedom to use whichever FS one wishes without running afoul of the FS nazis.
I'm not aware of any distribution that still allows installation with ReiserFS
Debian removed it in Jessie (2015) Ubuntu removed it in 13.10 (2013) Fedora never had support Antergos never had support Manjaro never had support
And almost all of the other distributions I can see in the top 20 of Distrowatch are either derivatives of the above or I also am pretty sure don't have support
I think the more sensible option is to reconsider your use of an obsolete filesystem that has been collectively be rejected by the vast majority of distributors (if not all) rather than choosing a different distribution.
One question, is there a reliable partition converter for a new user with limited space which has valuable information and everything on /? Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org