[geeks] SSD for MacBook Pro

[Andrew Jones]

On 06/27/2015 12:13 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> It's still the default of most distributions, yes, though I am advised
> some distributions (including Red Hat) are switching to XFS as their
> default filesystem.

Red Hat has historically sold XFS support as a layered product on top of 
the cost of the base OS subscription, the "Red Hat Scalable Filesystem" 
addon.

I imagine the primary reason they delayed making XFS the default is that 
they didn't want to give up the revenue.

> JFS was another good alternative, and I used it for
> over ten years before switching to XFS myself, but it has rather fallen
> by the wayside and is not well maintained any more.

I seem to recall Linux JFS was based on the OS2 PPC / "Workplace OS" 
JFS, not AIX code. If that is indeed the case, it might explain the 
state of maintenance.

(Whatever happened to "Workplace OS" ? Did the AIX kernel personality 
ever make it into customer hands?)