[TriLUG] Mandrake 8.1 out in Beta

[jeremyp at pobox.com]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Sinner from the Prairy wrote:

> A Dimarts 21 Agost 2001 12:37 am, vàreu escriure:
> 
> > (I chose reiserfs for the thinkpad 600x). 
> 
> Any reason behind it? I would like to know pros and cons (no religious 
> instances) on those journaling filesystems.

I know this is a stupid question, but what is the benefit of a
"journaling" filesystem?  What does that do that everyone is so excited
about?  :)

--Jeremy P.