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[PATCH] doc: Suggest Btrfs with compression instead of ext4 for root partition.

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Message #31 received at 40236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, Maxim Cournoyer
 <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 40236 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#40236] [PATCH] doc: Suggest Btrfs with compression instead
 of ext4 for root partition.
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:15:18 +0200

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Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Also, the installer defaults to ext4 and that’s probably a more tested
> configuration currently.

Could a subvolume-less Btrfs be more problematic than ext4?
If not, it might be a good idea to also switch to Btrfs in the installer.

I've tested Btrfs with Zstd:3 compression on a new GNOME + EXWM install:
I've achieved a stunning 30% compression like Maxim.
I must say that it's extremely useful, if not necessary, on a 60GiB SSD... :D

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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