Call for agenda for Workstation WG meeting 2014-Dec-17

Josh Boyer jwboyer at fedoraproject.org
Tue Dec 16 21:15:15 UTC 2014


On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Peter Laursen <jazcyk at gmail.com> wrote:
> If the same usability can be achieved with other technologies (LVM,
> containers/docker), I would not mind of course (but I doubt). I also find
> containers a too complicated technology for a Desktop edition (and btw: it
> is not more mature than btrfs). I think it is a 'showstopper' for new Linux
> users that once the system breaks it can require skills that user does not
> have to restore the system to a point where it was working. once it is
> broken for any reason.
>
> I have known some people over the last 5 years giving up Linux for same
> reason.
>
> (and BTW: SuSE 12.3's default is btrfs for" /" and "xfs" for "/home" (no
> separate "/boot" partition in SuSe default setup). I use btrfs everywhere on
> my SuSE (I use Suse and Windows for my professional work currently).

Yes, we know that.  SuSE has patched btrfs to restrict its features
though, and that's not something Fedora is in a position to do.  You
are repeating conversations we had on this list and on the general
fedora development list 6 months ago.

josh


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