Am 30.08.2016 um 22:32 schrieb Grant: >>>>>>>> ext2 doesn't have a journal, that's why I suggested it in the >>>> first >>>>>>>>> place. >>>>>>>> My point was against all the journalised filesystems (that >>>> includes >>>>>>>> NTFS), not against your advice ;) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> OP is looking for an fs to put on a memory stick that will work >>>>>>> everywhere: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - vfat >>>>>>> - exfat >>>>>> He asked for something that would work "across Gentoo systems". >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> How does exfat not fulfil that? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> because exfat does not work across gentoo systems. ext2 does. >>> Exfat works when the drivers are installed. >>> Same goes for ext2. >>> >>> It is possible to not have support for ext2/3 or 4 and still have a fully >>> functional system. (Btrfs or zfs for the full system for instance) >>> >>> When using UEFI boot, a vfat partition with support is required. >>> >>> -- >>> Joost >> ext2 is on every system, exfat not. ext2 is very stable, tested and well >> aged. exfat is some fuse something crap. New, hardly tested and unstable >> as it gets. >> >> And why use exfat if you use linux? It is just not needed at all. > > If I use ext2 on the USB stick, can I mount and use it as any user on > any Gentoo system from within a file manager like thunar? > > Should I consider ext3/4 with journaling disabled? > > - Grant > >
kde and lxde never had any problems on my systems.
