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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 3 place · 04/27/2025 03:34 EDT

Linus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred For Case-Insensitive File-Systems

Some patches for Linux 6.15-rc4 (updating the kernel driver for the Bcachefs file system) triggered some "straight-to-the-point wisdom" from Linus Torvalds about case-insensitive filesystems, reports Phoronix.

Bcachefs developer Kent Overstreet started the conversation, explaining how some buggy patches for their case-insensitive file and folder support were upstreamed into the Bcachefs kernel driver nearly two years ago:

When I was discussing with the developer who did the implementation, I noted that f

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