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I'm going to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10 on my notebook so i'd like to know which filesystem is the best for me.

It's an Acer Aspire E5-511 with 4GB RAM , Intel HD Graphics and a Intel Celeron N2840 @2.19Ghz (2.55 turbo mode) with a 500GB HDD (not too powerful but it does it's job). I mostly use my pc for gaming and video production.

I did my researches but I can't decide.

Thanks for your help ^^

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Ext4 file system is recommended for all Linux operating systems because has backwards compatibility with its predecessors, you can mount Ext2 and Ext3 as an Ext4 file system

Ext4

  • reduces file fragmentation
  • employs delayed allocation which helps with flash memory life as well as fragmentation.
  • Good choice for SSDs and HDD

BtrFS

  • it allows for drive pooling, on the fly snapshots
  • transparent compression
  • online defragmentation
  • it’s not stable in some distros

ReiserFS

  • Has great performance for small files such as logs and is suited for databases and email servers.
  • ReiserFS can be dynamically expanded but not shrunk and does not support FS level encryption.

XFS

  • Good for a media file server because of constant throughput for large files.
  • Most distributions require separate /boot partition because XFS and GRUB can be unpredictable
  • Performance with small files is not as good.

JFS

  • Good performance for both large and small files and because of its low CPU usage is probably best for low powered servers and computers
  • It does not have built in tools for drive pooling
  • It also has fast disk checking compared to Ext but there have been some reports of disk corruption after long term use.

ZFS

  • Shows great performance in large disk arrays.
  • Supports a lot of advanced features including drive pooling, snapshots, and dynamic disk striping.
  • It may be difficult to install in Linux because it requires FUSE and might not be supported by your distribution.

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Just use the default (ext4)

You have not mentioned any specific requirements, or given any reasons why the defaults would not be suitable. The defaults are carefully chosen and proven to work, so you don't have to worry.

Varying your setup from the default, especially something as fundamental as the filesystem, is unnecessary unless you know you have specific technical requirements, and you would have to be doing something pretty specialised with your system rather than just normal everyday tasks. For example, running a high-availability database cluster, or something.

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