F2FS File-System Shows Hope, Runs Against Btrfs & EXT4 Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 18 February 2013 at 12:06 PM EST. Page 1 of 5. 17 Comments. Being released soon is the Linux 3.8 kernel and one of its many new features is the introduction of the F2FS file-system. The "Flash-Friendly File-System" was developed by Samsung and is showing promise as a new Linux file-system designed arou