[newbie] EXT2 vs. FAT32 - - Is EXT2 faster to read/write while running Linux?

[Sevatio Octavio]

I heard some where that it was more work for linux to read/write to a FAT32 partition 
than it was to read/write to EXT2 partitions.
Is there some truth to it?  Also, is it faster for the system to not have any FAT32 
partitions on the drive?

Seve