File systems are one of the layers beneath your operating system that you don’t think about—unless you’re faced with the plethora of options in Linux. Here’s how to make an educated decision on which file system to use.
The landscape of the Linux file system support is drastically different from Windows and OS X. In Windows and OS X you can find software that will add support for non-standard file systems, but both operating systems can only be installed on their native file system and third party support is added after the fact.
Linux on the other hand has a vast array of supported file systems built into the kernel. But how are you supposed to know which file system to pick when installing? We will take a look at some of the most popular choices available and give you use cases to consider—the choice is ultimately up to you based on your needs.
What is Journaling?
Before we go to far down the rabbit hole talking about options, we need to first take a quick look at journaling. The only real thing you need to know about journaling is that every modern file system uses journaling in some form or another and on any desktop or laptop you are setting up with Linux you will want to use a journaling file system.
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The landscape of the Linux file system support is drastically different from Windows and OS X. In Windows and OS X you can find software that will add support for non-standard file systems, but both operating systems can only be installed on their native file system and third party support is added after the fact.
Linux on the other hand has a vast array of supported file systems built into the kernel. But how are you supposed to know which file system to pick when installing? We will take a look at some of the most popular choices available and give you use cases to consider—the choice is ultimately up to you based on your needs.
What is Journaling?
Before we go to far down the rabbit hole talking about options, we need to first take a quick look at journaling. The only real thing you need to know about journaling is that every modern file system uses journaling in some form or another and on any desktop or laptop you are setting up with Linux you will want to use a journaling file system.
Read more: How-to-geek