Neowin News Feed for: Btrfs

AlmaLinux 10.1 launches with Btrfs filesystem support

Paul Hill — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:34:01 +0000

AlmaLinux 10.1 is out now, bringing with it the Btrfs filesystem as an optional choice during installation. Btrfs is good for those who want modern filesystem features. Read more...

Following Windows ReFS improvements, Linux getting F2FS, Btrfs, EXT4 performance boosts

Sayan Sen — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 13:52:52 +0000

As Microsoft makes more progress with ReFS on Windows 11, Linux is also getting performance optimizations and improvements on some of its major file systems, namely, F2FS, Btrfs, and EXT4. Read more...

Fedora 34 is ready for public consumption following beta

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:38:01 +0000

The Fedora Project has announced the release of Fedora 34. It comes with GNOME 40, transparent compression on BTRFS and an i3 window manager Fedora Spin. Fedora 33 users can also upgrade now. Read more...

Fedora 34 beta released with major GNOME desktop upgrade

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 22:02:01 +0000

The Fedora Project has made Fedora 34 beta available for download. This version comes with GNOME 40, PipeWire, and transparent compression in BTRFS which will extend the life of SSDs. Read more...

How to create encrypted partitions on Linux with GNOME Disks

Paul Hill — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 17:26:01 +0000

This short guide will show you how to create encrypted partitions on USB devices, external hard drives, and internal hard drives using the GNOME Disks tool found on popular Linux distributions. Read more...

Fedora 33 launches with updated GNOME and BTRFS

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:32:01 +0000

Fedora 33 has been released bringing with it GNOME 3.38, the BTRFS filesystem as default, and updates to many software packages including Python, Ruby on Rails, and Perl. It's ready for download now. Read more...