Re: EXT4 vs XFS

On Wed, 2026-06-03 at 13:37 +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> On my laptop I'm currently using EXT4 formatted disks and don't have
> any complaints.=C2=A0 Recently someone suggested XFS to me, and searching
> the Internet I found=C2=A0 mixed arguments=C2=A0 about which filesystem=
=C2=A0 to
> prefer.=C2=A0Is anybody on this list using XFS=C2=A0 and would like=C2=A0=
 to share
> their experiences?

I have minimal experience with XFS; I've only ever used it when a
particular piece of software says "use XFS" explicitly.  Aside from
that uncommon circumstance I've never had cause to use anything but
ext4.  That said I've had no noteworthy problems from either one.