Fedora 11 and Ext4: The Straight Bits

[Shannon McMackin]

On 06/08/2009 01:33 PM, Jack Aboutboul wrote:
> Read the complete interview here:
> http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/06/fedora-11-and-ext4-straight-bits.html
>
>
> Let's face it--We're addicted! To files that is. More importantly, we
> are addicted to the massively large and ever increasing storage devices
> upon which we store those files. Make no mistake though, like any
> addiction, storing content comes at a cost and usually those costs are
> paid at the filesystem level. We all want more space and we all want
> better performance when it comes to disk I/O and a junkie's wishlist
> never ends.
>
> Fedora 11, when released tomorrow, will be the first distribution to
> boast the inclusion of ext4, the latest incarnation in the extended file
> system family, as default. Ext4 brings with it support for larger
> filesystems, larger single file size and many improvements in almost
> every imaginable facet. Join me for an interview with Eric Sandeen,
> renown file system hacker, Red Hat Engineer and Fedora Contributor as he
> takes on a little trip down Filesystem Alley and explains what
> filesystems are, where did they come from, why should we care and why
> they along with Fedora 11 are prepping to take over the WOOOOORLD!
>
I don't mean to meddle here, but didn't Ubuntu have ext4 with their 
Jaunty Jackalope release?