This speeds retrieval and should display small
files faster.
Its chief weakness is a problem only for people converting an existing ext2 or ext3 file
system to ReiserFS. You must back up all your data and reformat the drive before
installing ReiserFS. If you are installing openSUSE Linux for the first time on your
computer, this is nothing to worry about.
NOTE
The next generation of the ReiserFS, Reiser4, was released in early 2005. The file
system, with financial help from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA), has some advanced security features. These are outlined on the Namesys
website: http://www.namesys.com/v4/v4.html#enh_security.
The Extended File System (ext2, ext3)
The ext2 file system was the standard and default throughout the early years of Linux
kernel development. Hardly anyone used anything else until very recently. When ReiserFS
first produced a journaling file system, Red Hat and others worked to bring journaling to
this file system, and ext3 was added to the kernel as of v2.4.16 in November 2001. ext3
became the default SUSE file system with the release of openSUSE 10.
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