Re:RedoxFS is the default filesystem of Redox OS, inspired b...
by jackpot51 on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @10:13PM
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* We have not started on inotify but I will keep that in mind
* RedoxFS is MIT licensed
* RedoxFS supports all features with or without full disk encryption
* RedoxFS encryption includes all metadata
* inotify implementation is insufficiently atomic, so event subscribers can fail to receive notifications under certain conditions.
* License/patent encumbrance prevents modern operating systems from implementing/distributing a common next-gen FS.
* ZFS has native encryption in theory but it was bolted on later and has numerous buggy interactions the powerful zfs send/recv.
* ZFS native encryption is architecturally incapable of protecting metadata like filenames.
There is lots of room for innovation, and with modern tools it shouldn't take decades to build a production-ready driver for any one ISA (presumable x86_64.) If this project wants to pilot a superior option, I'm all for it!