Ok I'm going to be formatting the two 5Tb partitions and I'm going to use ext4 this time as it better supports large file systems. I'm going to be storing mainly photos and I know there are ...

Choose "Format" from the list. Click the "Down Arrow" icon to choose between FAT, NTFS and Linux EXT4 file system formats. Type a name for your USB disk in the Name input box.

UPDATE: It seems like Google changed its mind. EXT4 and F2FS will also be allowed, according to Mishaal Rahman. The EROFS file system format could help save storage space on Android 13 devices ...

XFS's failure modes on less-than-perfectly-reliable systems are a lot more annoying and visible than those on ext [34]. When a machine goes down hard, XFS is apt to leave you with a bunch of files ...

Can be slower on older hardware because of high overhead from the ext4 file system's journaling mechanism. If you have an older PC to be used for Linux, ext4 might not be the best option.

Dropbox has announced that starting on November 7th 2018, only the ext4 filesystem will be supported in Linux for synchronizing folders in the Dropbox desktop app. Those Linux users who have synch ...

But ext4 isn’t so significant a development as BTRFS, at least in terms of potential. BTRFS may eventually pose more of a threat to ZFS and others, though it has yet to be finalized. It brings online ...