From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53720) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jJu55-0004rw-9J for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2020 03:16:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jJu54-0000mb-7P for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2020 03:16:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:55755) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jJu54-0000mC-4m for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2020 03:16:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jJu54-0004k5-12 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Apr 2020 03:16:02 -0400 Subject: [bug#40236] [PATCH] doc: Suggest Btrfs with compression instead of ext4 for root partition. Resent-Message-ID: From: Pierre Neidhardt In-Reply-To: <87lfnesxp6.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20200326083524.20275-1-mail@ambrevar.xyz> <87h7y5z3x0.fsf@gmail.com> <87lfnesxp6.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:15:18 +0200 Message-ID: <87pncqbbp5.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , Maxim Cournoyer Cc: 40236@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: > Also, the installer defaults to ext4 and that=E2=80=99s probably a more t= ested > configuration currently. Could a subvolume-less Btrfs be more problematic than ext4? If not, it might be a good idea to also switch to Btrfs in the installer. I've tested Btrfs with Zstd:3 compression on a new GNOME + EXWM install: I've achieved a stunning 30% compression like Maxim. I must say that it's extremely useful, if not necessary, on a 60GiB SSD... = :D =2D-=20 Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEyBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAl6FkQYACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH9BRAf3Y4mjvrWwbe+Gc9AKOPqFT1HU48ChERkW024J4KXU8ABJnMKsE2tI0T7f FdpjTjRpzcYS8vmFMJTUlGSn4WaWAMTcZBWGGKebn0R59GdD2bh5brNXTRWy1Lsf LFQyxZO0eotRIshIqYomS3Uk6gSwl8AbfvaBM1bG2ldztYzwUwuSGcf8jJJBGo1m Ivqdtdjx2DeXpKZKi2j6AFDoJPP5MLRp9LsV2l7AGot9F2/CpNtdZQkiUvQqgGno Er7tX7cm27omJU7+xMMzknmqynauSJsdS0d9EyVenYze44D3X8INQiJXKEDwdhVR 8UTsUQvVWYuNnR6EqqXLbbv0xSie =yP4m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--