Which Filesystem Do You Use On Portable Media For Linux Systems?

An anonymous reader writes "Most people use MS filesystems on Disk-On-Keys, and portable hard drives, as these are readable from most machines. But this way you lose the files' permission information, which many times is very inconvenient (you must agree that having Ubuntu asking you whether to execute or display every text file or image you open from a DOK is annoying). Using 'regular' Linux filesystems like ext keeps the permissions, but may require using the superuser when switching machines (as the UIDs are different). So do any of you have a creative solution for this problem?"

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Re:I use the FAT filesystem most sticks come with

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mrcaseyj wrote:
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>> C3ntaur wrote:
>> I invite anyone who claims CO2 is not a pollutant to sit in a room full of it for 10 minutes.
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> I invite anyone who claims pure water is not a pollutant to sit in a room full of it for 10 minutes.

I invite anyone who claims pure oxygen is not a pollutant to sit in a room full of it for 10 minutes

Re:ext3

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Not sure I'd use Reiser - I hear it's murder on your USB drive.

It's easy to make fun of Reiser, the murderer, but don't forget, your laughs are at the expense of an innocent woman who was brutally murdered as well as two orphaned children.