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ReiserFS is a general-purpose, journaled computer file system designed and implemented by a team at Namesys led by Hans Reiser. ReiserFS is currently supported on Linux. Introduced in version 2.4.1 of the Linux kernel, it was the first journaling file system to be included in the standard kernel. ReiserFS is the default file system on the Elive, Xandros, Linspire, GoboLinux, Kurumin Linux, and Yoper Linux distributions. ReiserFS was the default f... more
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Hans Reiser

Hans Thomas Reiser (born 19 December 1963) is an American computer programmer, owner of Namesys, and the primary developer of the ReiserFS and Reiser4 computer filesystems. On April 28, 2008, Reiser was convicted of the first degree murder of his wife, Nina Reiser, who disappeared in September 2006...

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