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ReFS is better than NTFS, but Microsoft refuses to let regular users have it (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 33 points 7 months ago

What a click bait title. Article goes on to explain the rational reasons why ReFS wasn't built for mainstream use and doing so might bloat its performance on the very server systems it was designed to be efficient for.

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    [–] 43 points 7 months ago* (8 children)

    I wish Microsoft adopted and upstreamed changes to OpenZFS instead of duplicating all this effort.

    Though then I'm sure they would tell the community to fuck off by trying to take over the entire project and pushing the actually open and compatible version out of favour.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Problem is Microsoft has zero interest in zfs. Not even as far as answering questions the openzfs windows dev asks them.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Does Windows support any filesystems that don't suck?

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    NTFS? It’s a standard for a reason. Most of the “better” options out there aren’t ready for mainstream/average user use.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Just like systemd is experiencing right?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    eh, I was thinking like Google and that open chat protocol.

    Though I do dislike some of systemd's architecture decisions as well. Like why tha fuck can I not turn off it's own built in authentication to sudo mechanism -_-

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    • [–] 25 points 7 months ago*

    May I be the first one here to say.. Fuck Microslop

    I remember being excited for this in 2011, it's about 15 years too late.

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    [–] 16 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    It’s not ready yet. It’s good for some specific use cases but it’s not anything the typical end user needs.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    Yet?? They’ve been making it since the Stone Age. I read about it in my teens

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

    Right? I’ve gone through ReiserFS, ext3, ext4, XFS, Btrfs, ZFS; hell on macOS I’ve been through HFS+ and AFS. And clunky ol’ Microsoft is still on fucking NTFS.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Why change it if it works?
    What is so bad about NTFS?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Apple’s APFS I am not a fan of. I have been using Macs since 2008-ish. In all my HFS+ days, I’ve never lost an entire drive. I rebooted my M2 Mac Mini via command prompt, and my external APFS drive is corrupted. Never had that problem before APFS. And since I’m an idiot, I’ve got to pay DiskDrill to hopefully recover the data when I get a larger drive on hand.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    This. NTFS is still the gold standard for stability. ReFS is meant for data ops, and while it's fairly stable, and offers a lot of advantages, it's not perfect and can suffer greatly if used incorrectly. Until the quirks are gone, users are probably better off with NTFS for a lot of reasons.

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    • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Why would you use either over btrFS?

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    • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Yeah but is it better than WinFS?

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