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Which file system do you recommend for Linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just a simple question : Which file system do you recommend for Linux? Ext4...?

EDIT : Thanks to everyone who commented, I think I will try btrfs on my root partition and keep ext4 for my home directory 😃

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I prefer ext4 on HDD and f2fs on flash devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

exFAT is best for removable drives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For interoperability, yes. But with flash devices I mean ssd and nvme.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

If you are using the drive between Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android, exFAT is going to be the supreme choice. It is what I use for flash sticks and external HDDs.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (11 children)

BTRFS is not more performant than EXT4.

I personally dont use any features of BTRFS manually though, as Fedora Kinoite does that for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

ETX4 was released in 2006 and BTRFS was released in 2007.

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