In the Other Hardware ZFS NAS thread, I expressed some frustration over ZFS not being available for Linux because of incompatible opensource licenses. It just doesn't make any sense to me. If I buy a ...

A group of open source software developers working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have implemented a native Linux port of Sun’s ZFS filesystem. Although the code is functional and ...

Ubuntu 16.04’s support for the ZFS file system is one of many useful enterprise features on top of all the Linux desktop polish in the new OS. But Linux distributions have avoided shipping ZFS support ...

It seems like only yesterday that I read Jeff Bonwick's blog entry "ZFS: The Last Word in Filesystems". It was Halloween of 2005 that ZFS was fully integrated into Sun Microsystem's Solaris, and the ...

Canonical believes it can ship the latest version of Ubuntu with ZFS without risking legal turmoil, but not everyone remains convinced Canonical’s latest release of its Ubuntu Linux distribution ...

News briefs for May 24, 2019. ZFS On Linux 0.8 has been released. This new version supports up through the 5.1 stable series. Phoronix reports that "ZFS On Linux 0.8 adds native encryption support as ...

Linux kernel head Linus Torvalds has warned engineers against adding a module for the ZFS filesystem that was designed by Sun Microsystems – and now owned by Oracle – due to licensing issues. As ...

Canonical has announced the release of Ubuntu 19.10. This is the final version before Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which is due next April. Ubuntu 19.10 comes with GNOME 3.34, ZFS support, and Linux kernel 5.3.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Oct 17, 2019, 06:05am EDT Oct 18, 2019, 09:45am EDT This article ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The renowned programmer Linus Torvalds has warned users of Linux, the popular open source operating ...