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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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What file systems are you using on your devices and why? (en.wikipedia.org)

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I want to learn more about file systems from the practical point of view so I know what to expect, how to approach them and what experience positive or negative you had / have.

I found this wikipedia's comparison but I want your hands-on views.

For now my mental list is

NTFS - for some reason TVs on USB love these and also Windows + Linux can read and write this
Ext4 - solid fs with journaling but Linux specific
Btrfs - some modern fs with snapshot capability, Linux specific
xfs - servers really like these as they are performant, Linux specific
FAT32 - limited but recognizable everywhere
exFAT - like FAT32 but less recognizable and less limited

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ext4 main computer
NTFS for hard drives and stuff that need to be shared with other people using Windows
BTRFS for the NAS

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Interesting choice for NAS, why not the others that seem like better alternatives?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, as far as I know, BTRFS and ZFS are the recommended file systems for NAS's. They have self-healing capabilities so I can be slightly more sure that my data does not get corrupted over time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is self-healing process automated or you need to somehow enable it so it happens from time to time?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You have to run a so-called scrub command that checks for errors and tries to repair them. You can automate to run it every month or so

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ext4 on everything except external drives where I put NTFS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So you have a dual boot or Windows machines I'm guessing for any of these

Microsoft Office
Gaming
Adobe

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