As far as I know, reiserfs is mostly aimed to systems having heavy io
load, or in other words, "disk traffic"
thus said, for most home users ext should be just fine

but, you
also should be able to use reiser too if you like to without problems.
2008/4/29, Steven Vollom <stevenvollom@sbcglobal.net>:
> O. Sinclair wrote:
> > Steven Vollom wrote:
> >
> >> Alexander Smirnov wrote:
> >>
> >>> Michael wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Not Kubuntu specific but interesting just the same. I don't think that
> >>>> K/Ubuntu ever used this file system, did they?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> I like it, and use in every K/Ubuntu installation.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I used it a short while. A friend recommended it. It worked fine; the
> >> only problem that I could see was the fact that you have to defrag, like
> >> when you use Microsoft products. Ext3 doesn't require defragmentation,
> >> I am told. My experience is limited, however, I thought the defrag info
> >> was interesting and worth looking into. I am still using Gutsy and Ext3
> >> as my file system.
> >>
> >
> > I had the bad experience of a couple of crashes using ReiserFS. Went
> > "back" to Ext3 and so far no problems whatsoever. Still on Gutsy though
> > but the 1-2 PC I am testing with Hardy behaves very well so far
> >
> > Sinclair
> >
> >
> I wish I could contribute more. I get so much help from the forum,
> however, my skill level is not yet worthy of helping much. Every little
> opportunity I get, I try though. I hope you get your problems solved.
> I am installing Hefty on a separate partition and will soon dual boot
> with Gutsy and Hefty. If I learn anything about which file system is
> best, I will forward the news to you. Success!
>
> Steven
>
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