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ext4

The default, rock-solid Linux filesystem used by most distributions.

ext4 is fast, mature and reliable, but lacks the checksums and snapshots of ZFS or Btrfs. It's a fine choice for a boot drive or simple storage.

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Btrfs

A modern Linux filesystem with snapshots, checksums and built-in RAID-like features.

ZFS

An advanced filesystem and volume manager offering data integrity, snapshots, compression and software RAID.