Yes, ext4 for hard disks and ext2 for flash. And usually encrypted.
For cross-platform unencrypted storage, I would like to avoid exFAT or
NTFS. I have been thinking of using UDF, Universal Disk Format. It
preserves all the features in a Unix file system, but is usable by
Windows and macOS. I
I use BTRFS on any drive aside from my OS. For my OS I use whichever the
installer uses by default unless it gives me a choice (usually EXT4 although
Trisquel uses XFS I believe). I haven't experienced any severe issue on any
file system I have used over the years. Maybe that makes me lucky.
ext2 for flash media and ext4 for hard disks. I sometimes use NTFS too.
(GNU/Linux has better NTFS support than Losedows.)
@Magic Banana: Thank you for your comment
@Centurino: Thank you for your comment.
@Jaret: as far as I can remember it means data corruption due to aging of the
storing media.
What is a "bit rot"?
I use Btrfs because it transparently protects data from bit rot and has a
very storage-efficient backup solution built-in. No stability issues so far.
Then again, I've been using Trisquel for less than three weeks.
Which is/are it/they?
Why?
Thanks in advance for your opinion.