Comparison of file systems - Wikipedia
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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
  • Risc@piefed.social
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    4 months ago

    Ext4 with LVM.

    I like BTRFS and it's features but sadly Debian doesn't have a preset for it in it's installer so the only way to use it is to manually partition and I absolutely suck at that.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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      4 months ago

      Sorry if this is a dumb question, but have you tried using gParted? GUI, new-user friendly, easy to visualize your system, I've used it for over a decade on multiple devices...

      • Risc@piefed.social
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        4 months ago

        Actually, I was using gparted yesterday! I was trying to format a USB drive to exFAT but the option was greyed out, so either gparted doesn't have support for formatting in exFAT or I needed an optional dependency.

    • Psyhackological@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      When you know LVM I think you can manage manual paritioning. :) Especially as btrfs is advertised with snapshots so trial and error is encouraged.