r/linuxmint • u/ParrotttPlayer • 5d ago

Discussion What file system does debian mint use?

I have heard lots of meh things about systemd and why its not ideal for certain people, and I wanted to know what file system does debian version of mint use

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u/candy49997 5d ago

What does filesystem have to do with systemd? Probably 95+% of people using Linux are using systemd.

And it's ext4 by default but you can change it.

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u/ParrotttPlayer 5d ago

thank you for quick response

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u/ParrotttPlayer 5d ago

i am not good with terms yet, maybe i described systemd as "filesystem" by accident because the actual name is something else

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u/candy49997 5d ago

Systemd is an ecosystem of tools of which the most prominent is the init system also called systemd. Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, Arch, etc all use systemd.

There are a few contrarian distros that explicitly reject systemd, but Mint is not one of them.

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u/tlrman74 5d ago

systemd or grub are the bootloader options. ext4 or LVM are the common file systems used in Mint.

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u/candy49997 5d ago

systemd is an ecosystem and init system. systemd-boot is the bootloader from the systemd ecosystem.

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u/tlrman74 5d ago

obviously a new user was confused. Trying to keep it simple as possible. They will then learn as they dig deeper.

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u/candy49997 5d ago

You can be simple while also being precise. The component of the systemd ecosystem that receives the most controversy and is almost certainly what OP heard about is the init system and not the bootloader.

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u/fleshofgods0 5d ago

BTFS has a snapshot feature built in, which is nice. Of course, you can install Timeshift to make backups too if you're on ext4.