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Linux file system developer: we're severely under-resourced (lore.kernel.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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I've said this previously, and I'll say it again: we're severely under-resourced. Not just XFS, the whole fsdevel community. As a developer and later a maintainer, I've learnt the hard way that there is a very large amount of non-coding work is necessary to build a good filesystem. There's enough not-really-coding work for several people. Instead, we lean hard on maintainers to do all that work. That might've worked acceptably for the first 20 years, but it doesn't now.

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Dave and I are both burned out. I'm not sure Dave ever got past the 2017 burnout that lead to his resignation. Remarkably, he's still around. Is this (extended burnout) where I want to be in 2024? 2030? Hell no.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not, but what distros frequently top the list of "user-friendly" distros?

Ubuntu, PopOS, Fedora, and friends.

Maybe it's not how it should be, but that's currently how it is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never heard of PopOS, and fedora is definitely not meant to be user friendly. I'd have mentioned first Mint (which ships with cinnamon I believe) actually

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would encourage you to look up "user-friendly Linux distros" on your favourite search engine and check the first few results.

PopOS is System76's distro. It's quite popular among beginners and frequently recommended to those just starting with Linux. I don't personally use it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Will do, it's been a while since I've been a beginner I suppose. Nonetheless, few years ago mint would have been the goto recommendation, at least in my circle. I think I even got my mom to try a live version out of curiosity