cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux@programming.dev · 1 day agoLinus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred For Case-Insensitive File-Systemswww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down15
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minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·21 hours agoDamn straight. I thought bcachefs was a modern filesystem? Why is it case insensitive? Huge red flag.
minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·21 hours agoIsn’t bcache the one made by the solo dev who was causing all that drama trying to merge a bunch of crap during a freeze last year? If so that explains quite a bit lmao
minus-squareLaggyKar@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·21 hours agoIt isn’t normally, but it, like e.g. Ext4, allows case insensitivity mostly for the sake of Wine.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·20 hours agoBut Wine could handle the case insensitivity though? NTFS is case sensitive.
minus-squareLaggyKar@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 hours agoIt does, but having case insensitivity in the file system can get you better performance.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-218 hours agoIts’ lead dev is also so full of himself, it’s insufferable
Damn straight. I thought bcachefs was a modern filesystem? Why is it case insensitive? Huge red flag.
Isn’t bcache the one made by the solo dev who was causing all that drama trying to merge a bunch of crap during a freeze last year?
If so that explains quite a bit lmao
It isn’t normally, but it, like e.g. Ext4, allows case insensitivity mostly for the sake of Wine.
But Wine could handle the case insensitivity though? NTFS is case sensitive.
It does, but having case insensitivity in the file system can get you better performance.
How would that happen?
Its’ lead dev is also so full of himself, it’s insufferable