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Which Partition Types Are Superior?

Posted by Hemos on from the good-question dept.

digitalmonkey2k1 writes: "I am currently planning on running an Apache web server and a small ftp on my pc. There are so many file systems that Linux can support now that I'm not certain what ones should be used for certain features. If anyone knows of a comparison list between them, somthing to give a pro/con method of deciding the best sort of configuration It would be greatly appreciated."

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  1. Re:Some other questions.... by IpalindromeI · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    1. Don't use vi, it's old and outdated. For a better editor, use vim. For a better do-everything-you-can-think-of-less-well-than-stan dalone-apps-with-editing-thrown-in, use Emacs.
    2. Linux is better than Windows because the name isn't just feature it's built on. (Oh look, apps run in "windows" now. Let's call this operating system Windows.) If it was, Linux would probably have a name like Stability OS or something. (Hey, there's a great idea for a new OS name!)
    3. I don't know. I've never had contact with *BSD. But BSD's mascot is definitely cooler.

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  2. VFAT, of course! by Kymermosst · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How can 70%+ of the world be wrong?

    Look at all the features... long file names, abbreviated file names, many allocation sizes, and backwards compatibility all the way to 1981 if you want!

    What, it doesn't support any kind of access control, you say? You don't need it anyway. After all, it's always nice when anyone at your computer can remove any file they want, like some random libraries from the system folder.

    With the backing of an "innovative" industry giant like Microsoft, VFAT is surely the filesystem choice of the future!

    (this is supposed to be funny)
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