foremanguy@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhich file system do you recommend for Linux?message-squaremessage-square134linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhich file system do you recommend for Linux?foremanguy@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square134linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKindaABigDyl@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoExt4 is, afaik, the fastest as it’s the most understood Btrfs has compression and you can make snapshots to roll back to if something goes wrong (not necessary on immutable distros or NixOS tho) There are many other options, but I’ve only ever had a need for those two
minus-squarerefreeze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agobtrfs snapshots are still useful on immutable distros to recover accidentally deleted data.
minus-squareKindaABigDyl@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoTrue, but with files, you really benefit from the speed that ext4 provides
Ext4 is, afaik, the fastest as it’s the most understood
Btrfs has compression and you can make snapshots to roll back to if something goes wrong (not necessary on immutable distros or NixOS tho)
There are many other options, but I’ve only ever had a need for those two
btrfs snapshots are still useful on immutable distros to recover accidentally deleted data.
True, but with files, you really benefit from the speed that ext4 provides