Operating system: which one do you use?

[d-hubs]

 

If it comes the process of choosing a file - system I am a bit insecure. As a Linux user for years now I allways stick to the ext4 system.

 

Which file system do you use, and why?

 

As said above: I have always used the ext4 system whenever I've used Linux. Lately, I have thought - that this is probably due to the lack of deeper understanding of the other options - and then I considered the use of other file systems: BTRFS seems like the stand out choice, at least to me.

 

Well I am lucky to be here in this great place and absolutely look forward to hear from you: What file systems do you guys use, and what drove you to make the change?

Well: Linux supports a variety of file systems, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Well the most common ones:

 

Ext4 (Fourth Extended File System) the most widely used file system in Linux. It is the default file system for many Linux distributions.

Pros; Reliable, mature, and well-supported. Good performance for general use.Best For: General use, especially for beginners. 

 

That said - would you switch to BTRFS?

 

 

[TetraSky]

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6 minutes ago, d-hubs said:

 

If it comes the process of choosing a file - system I am a bit insecure. As a Linux user for years now I allways stick to the ext4 system.

 

Which file system do you use, and why?

 

As said above: I have always used the ext4 system whenever I've used Linux. Lately, I have thought - that this is probably due to the lack of deeper understanding of the other options - and then I considered the use of other file systems: BTRFS seems like the stand out choice, at least to me.

 

Well I am lucky to be here in this great place and absolutely look forward to hear from you: What file systems do you guys use, and what drove you to make the change?

Well: Linux supports a variety of file systems, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Well the most common ones:

 

Ext4 (Fourth Extended File System) the most widely used file system in Linux. It is the default file system for many Linux distributions.

Pros; Reliable, mature, and well-supported. Good performance for general use.Best For: General use, especially for beginners. 

 

That said - would you switch to BTRFS?

 

 

 

From where did you copy paste this, for it to be a larger font than normal and weird in some places?

 

I use windows, it works for my purpose. I don't need nor want to fk around the terminal, give me a GUI for everything I could need.

 

[igormp]

Did you mean for your topic title to be "file system", instead of "operating system"?

 

Also, it might be more relevant in the linux subforum.

[RollyShed]

On 1/29/2025 at 12:09 PM, TetraSky said:

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 I use windows, it works for my purpose. I don't need nor want to fk around the terminal, give me a GUI for everything I could need.

 

In that case use Linux Mint. Of the many (50? 70?) users I know none of them use or even know about Terminal.

 

As for Ext4, using Linux yes. Why not?

[Ha-Satan]

Even as somebody who runs several different Linux variants across multiple machines, I don't think I've ever given any thought to which file system I'm using. Whatever the operating system seems to want to use as the default has always been fine.