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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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[–] RustyNova 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what's the brand neW meta pick, but at least BTRFS over Ext4. BTRFS is just more stable and less corruptable than Ext4. Heck, fedora changed to it as default

[–] 8osm3rka 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

To be fair, Fedora switching to something as default isn't a good sign that you should start using it. I do agree, though, btrfs has come far enough to be a default choice for most people.

[–] swooosh 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What did fedora adopt that wasn't a good choice in hindsight?

[–] qaz 3 points 7 months ago