May 2026
Flatpak vs Snap for desktop apps in 2026
The “Snap is slow, Flatpak is fast” verdict on the front page of most search results was measured on spinning disks before snapd switched its default.
Inside ext4 Journaling and fsync: Why Databases Stall
Databases stall on ext4 fsync() because the call can turn into a wait graph: dirty file data, delayed allocation, an ext4/JBD2 journal commit, and a.