Installing EndeavourOS, should I use btrfs or ext4? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by sbeak@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev

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edit 2: Found a video by "SpaceRex" on the differences between BTRFS and EXT4, super helpful! He explained it quite well...

edit: It seems that there isn't much difference between btrfs and ext4 aside from additional features of btrfs, which although I might not need right now, there doesn't seem to be any harm in using btrfs over ext4, so I will be using btrfs.

Which would be better? Fedora shipped with btrfs, does it have any additional features that are good (quick search shows compression, subvolumes, and snapshots as main selling points for btrfs, but are there any downsides?

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[-] sefra1@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

ext4 is faster, I always use it for /

As for data I use btrfs because it has checksumming and it can detect corrupted files, while ext4 just lets you copy a corrupted file to your backup.

I've had some issues with btrfs, in the past but was many years ago, probably not relevant anymore.