WinBtrfs – an open-source btrfs driver for Windows
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HN comment orderWanted to use it for a while but a glance at the github issues was enough to nope out. BSODs, lockups, usage spikes, corruption. I so much wish for a stable btrfs/zfs driver, I'd gladly throw my credit card at it. I don't get why these things don't get more traction.
What's interesting to me is that there doesn't seem to be a modern filesystem that works across all major platforms. btrfs has Linux and this (unofficial) Windows driver; ZFS has Linux and OS X support but nothing for Windows. NTFS is pretty much Windows and Linux only for good write access, and APFS is macOS-only. I realize that designing a filesystem and writing drivers for it are very difficult tasks, but surely it would be extremely beneficial to have at…
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- 474
- Total comments
- 213
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-22 | A Btrfs File-System Kernel Driver for Windows | spacey | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-02-23 | WinBtrfs v0.1 | guardian5x | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-09-05 | WinBtrfs – A Windows driver for the next-generation Linux filesystem BtrfsFirst breakout | doener | 158 | 100 |
| 2022-12-05 | WinBtrfs – an open-source btrfs driver for Windows | Maakuth | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-04-06 | WinBtrfs – an open-source btrfs driver for WindowsHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | frankjr | 311 | 113 |