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Major practical differences between ext3 and ext4 - if any?

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Mar 15, 202611182 views
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Assuming there's no need to worry about compatibility with older systems, I expect it's always better to use the latest stabile linux file system, which currently seems to be . However it seems isn't much of a change. Wikipedia article does list 11 main features for , but as far as I understand mos…

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EXT4 above all says it will boot your OS faster. Ubuntu 9.04 should be booting up to 30% faster. If this is the only practicall use I would be stunned, since my Ubuntu boxes boot so fast I cannot even go get me a cup of coffee... But you can use lar…

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