Re: Bug#1143565: Debian should default to XFS

On Tue, 2026-08-04 at 15:10 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> > If you have any insights on what the universal distribution needs as th=
e
> > default, please by all means post them! But otherwise, please lets stop
> > invoking the universal distro.
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> Right. It's mostly meaningless at this level.

I don't think so. There is really a huge difference between what you can do
with Debian as compared to what you can do with RHEL or SLES.

Try setting up a cross-compiler environment or try reading any filesystem
that isn't mainstream such as HFS/HFS+ or install some obscure package for
medical sciences.

We shouldn't really diminish the value that comes with Debian's universal
usefulness. Of course, if your use case is installing Linux on a standard
x86_64 laptop for internet browsing, you might not see that flexibility,
but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Adrian

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