Why doesn't Linux need defragmenting?

[Faun]

Why doesn't Linux need defragmenting?


Nicely explained

[shady_inc]

Hehe....your link came to help at the right time.I was wondering why ubuntu doesn't have a defragmentor when I stumbled here.!!

[praka123]

^neither do Linux needs AV,Anti-spyware..blah's...
read:
Linux.com :: Note to new Linux users: No antivirus needed
http://www.linux.com/articles/60208

[Cool G5]

Yeah Good.
@Praka123 - Help me buddy,i am making my switch to linux.

[QwertyManiac]

A small defragger written in Python can be found here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=169551

[cool_techie_tvm]

Nice Explanation

[praka123]

already there is defrag for ext2.u need a livecd or another distro installed containing defrag to try it.make sure u dont mount!afaik there is not any difference.with ext4 on the anvil,the idea of defrag also is not needed!.

[x3060]

good article . . , did you read the comment section there . . there is a war going on

[Krazy_About_Technology]

Nice one. I myself am a big fan of the ext3 file system on Linux. its very stable without any hassles of defragmenting. Always gives good performance no matter how roughly you use it.