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submitted 3 months ago by Psyhackological@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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[-] rem26_art@fedia.io 2 points 3 months ago

I've got Btrfs on my desktop for the OS drive cuz that was what Fedora recommended when I was installing it. It took a bit of effort to get snapshots working properly, but other than that, I've had no issues with it at all over the past year. I've got an exFAT drive and an NTFS drive in there that are kind of leftovers from using Windows. I've been thinking about reformatting the exFAT drive to ext4 or something, since all it really does is store games, and having the ability to symlink to it would be nice.

I've got a TrueNAS machine as well and that uses ZFS for pretty much everything.

[-] mayidar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I use Btrfs for my root partition to be able to rollback if something goes wrong after update. XFS: in all other cases, since I hate the lost+found directory on ext4. Although I don't think there's any significant difference between ext4 and xfs in performance and reliability.

[-] rjek@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

ext4 because I value my data and don't want to lose it. I used to mess about with ZFS for mass storage but it's a university course to learn how to use and have decent performance.

I used to use XFS, but ext4 caught up.

And I used to use XFS... on something other than Linux.

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[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

NTFS for the drive I had before jumping to Mint. Currently reporting several hundred gigabytes free, but refusing to make any new files, because... I don't know. I'll deal with it after an upcoming move.

The OS / home SSD is ext4, and so is the fat loud hard disk I recently purchased through an entire month of fighting Amazon over gift cards.

[-] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 2 points 3 months ago

ext4 on everything except external drives where I put NTFS.

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[-] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Btrfs on my Linux desktops and laptops, ZFS on my server, APFS on my Apple devices I guess

[-] Presi300@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

EXT4 on PC, ZFS on my server and APFS on my mac

[-] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
  • Ext4 main computer
  • NTFS for hard drives and stuff that need to be shared with other people using Windows
  • BTRFS for the NAS
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[-] unn@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Btrfs, but if I'd start from scratch today I'd go for bcachefs.

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