I'm no expert but I like running off at the mouth.
Ext2 and ext3 are the most common file systems. Ext3 is a journalising type which makes it more robust but a little slower. If you have a hard shutdown or power loss the ext3 file system will probably survive. If it happens with ext2, you may fatally damage the operating system. I've been there, done that.
Reiserfs is VERY popular. Journalising and robust. Tests I have seen make it quicker than ext3. Reiserfs4 is newer and available in some distros, but is quirky.
Xfs and Jfs are other journalising file systems. I'm trying jfs right now and it seems very reliable. Some say jfs is slow but I thought otherwise. I know nothing about xfs except that it is more for server applications and big files.
Last edited by fair_is_fair; 12-30-2005 at 06:16 PM.
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