is bfrs better

[sisqonrw]

which one (ext3, ext4, brfs, etc.) can you suggest me?

[DukeComposed]

which one (ext3, ext4, brfs, etc.) can you suggest me?

I suggest you stick with the default until you understand why you may have a need for something else. Almost everywhere, that's going to be ext4.

[sisqonrw]

ok i use ext4.
do i understand correct that ext4 is not anymore in the kernel?

[DukeComposed]

do i understand correct that ext4 is not anymore in the kernel?

No, that's not correct. The Linux kernel includes support for several file systems and ext4 is not going away any time soon. Not sure where you got the idea it was.

[RedSnt]

As a newbie to linux I've chosen BTRFS because of how easy it makes using Timeshift. Besides a broken MX Linux installer over a month ago, it's been a problem free experience.
I can't tell you if picking BTRFS over EXT4 means much performance wise though. But even making a swap file was fairly easy on BTRFS.

EDIT: Having read through the other posts in this thread I'll probably go with EXT4 when the next version of MX Linux releases. But I'm happy with my choice for now, even though I haven't needed to use Timeshift to roll my system back (yet). I do like it as a newbie feature, kinda like having support wheels on your bike as a kid.

[artytux]

Timeshift is easy to use in Ext4 so is a swap file and/or swap partition, Timeshift pick the options that suit you and yeah it is like having support wheels on your bike.

[MadMax]

The big disadvantage of ext4 Timeshift is that taking a snapshot is pretty slow since it's using rsync and making heavy use of hardlinks. On a fast SSD it's ok, but I'd still recommend against hourly or boot snapshots in that scenario just because how much I/O they create.

As I posted earlier, both have advantages and disadvantages and btrfs finally is "ready" for everyday use on desktop systems in my opinion, so just try both and see which suits your preferences better.

[sisqonrw]

When I read everything here, there is a lot to be said for btrfs. Then I reinstall everything with btrfs. Thanks

[AK-47]

Personally I wish btrfs had followed the KISS principle. I didn't see much point including all those RAID modes and bunch of other stuff there when Linux has a good software RAID system and hardware RAID is probably even better anyway. Then perhaps btrfs wouldn't be such a perpetual experiment.

Now there's a new kid on the block with an incredibly stupid name, called bcachefs, which purports to be "The COW filesystem for Linux that won't eat your data". It is reportedly better than btrfs somehow. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt since it is still actually considered experimental though.