Re: [gNewSense-users] Filesystem type

[andrei raevsky]

On 2/15/07, Matthew Flaschen <address@hidden> wrote:
> I do know ext3 journals.  I'm just uncertain how much that's necessary
> for desktop use.  I have a laptop, so power outages aren't relevant, and
>  GNU/Linux has never completely crashed on me (though X crashes
> occasionally).
>
> Matthew  Flaschen

well, as long as all works well the differences between jounralling
and non-journalling are not huge, although their characteristics in
how they handle small or huge files are different.

> > I personally use ReiserFS which, in my
> > experience, is even faster and superior in the recovery after a power
> > outage (something which happens often in Florida).
>
> I don't think I would switch to ReiserFS because tools like parted have
> such limited support for it.

Ok, but there are plenty of good Reiser tools out there (check
'apt-cache search reiser')

but if you are happy with ext2 (which is rock solid and proven) - just
stay with it!

Kind regards,

Andrei