I assume you recommend ext2 because its lack of a journal increases
performance and minimizes the number of writes (flash devices have a limited
number of write cycles). However ext4 can be journal-less:
$ mke2fs -t ext4 -O ^has_journal /dev/...
Yes, ext4 for hard disks and ext2 for flash. And usually encrypted.
For cross-platform unencrypted storage, I would like to avoid exFAT or
NTFS. I have been thinking of using UDF, Universal Disk Format. It
preserves all the features in a Unix file system, but is usable by
Windows and macOS. I
I use BTRFS on any drive aside from my OS. For my OS I use whichever the
installer uses by default unless it gives me a choice (usually EXT4 although
Trisquel uses XFS I believe). I haven't experienced any severe issue on any
file system I have used over the years. Maybe that makes me lucky.
Thanks for that link. I've bookmarked that guide for future use.
ext2 for flash media and ext4 for hard disks. I sometimes use NTFS too.
(GNU/Linux has better NTFS support than Losedows.)
@Magic Banana: Thank you for your comment
@Centurino: Thank you for your comment.
@Jaret: as far as I can remember it means data corruption due to aging of the
storing media.
What is a "bit rot"?
I've got difficulties reading and writing files on my camery and my
smartphone connected with USB.
The camera is a Panasonic Lumix with SD card. Of course I could take the card
out but I'd like to use USB sometimes. I can read and copy but I can't delete
any pictures. I haven't found any
I use Btrfs because it transparently protects data from bit rot and has a
very storage-efficient backup solution built-in. No stability issues so far.
Then again, I've been using Trisquel for less than three weeks.
