News [Phoronix] Linux Enacts Guidance To Tighten Acceptance Of New File-Systems Into The Kernel

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There is no shortage of different file-systems available for Linux. New file-systems continue to come about in the open-source world but ultimately many of them end up not being well maintained or having very limited users and not necessarily innovating enough to make them worthwhile over other alternatives. Given the continued increase in file-systems looking to get into the Linux kernel, such as FTRFS and VMUFAT being some of the most recent and then even having multiple NTFS drivers for Linux, there is now documentation in place to formally lay out criteria for new file-systems to be accepted...

Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-New-File-System-Docs

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