On 26/08/2019 18.09, Wolfgang Mueller wrote:
I am going to install 42.3 on a computer whose hard disk I want to erase completely to change partitioning. This gives me the chance to choose the file system.
Why not 15.1? 42.3 is out of maintenance, you will have problems finding packages.
So far, I used ext4 only. But recently I read more about XFS and btrfs. But I know too little about them. Are they better than ext4? Or worse? Can you tell me something about their advantages and possible defects? Are there bugs?
XFS is certainly a very good filesystem for use on the /home or data partitions. For the root system, ext4 is probably better. Both are mature and stable. Btrfs is a very good and advanced filesystem, feature rich. I don't like it much, though. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.0 x86_64 at Telcontar)