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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Fedora proposing to remove X11 Gnome
Date: 3 May 2025 04:29:20 GMT
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On Sat, 3 May 2025 00:13:50 -0000 (UTC), Borax Man wrote:

> It was apparently much better when there were lots of small files, but
> also a bit more prone to corruption.  ext3 has been rock solid for me,
> NEVER failed me, and the point of a filesystem is to store my files
> reliably.  Most of the time, you won't notice a performance difference
> if you're just a regular desktop/laptop user.

Ubuntu and I assume most of the Debian derivatives use ext4 and Fedora 
uses btrfs. They both work. I'm not sure ext4 has much to offer over ext3. 
Most of my installs in the last decade have been 'do whatever you want to 
do. Use the whole drive, knock yourself out'.