The right filesystem for external drivers for Linux users.

Having used macs for several years I have finally moved over to Linux. Very happy so far. I'm almost out of the Apple ecosystem and replaced almost everything with open source solutions.

As I was deep into the apple system, my external drive was using APFS. I tried to mount it using fuse for Linux but somehow I could not and when I try to connect my external drive to my mac, it will not mount. First Aid under disk utility also doesn't succeed.

luckily with a third party app I am able to see and export my data out so probably somewhere in the APFS structure something got messed up.

Moving forward I have other APFS based drives and now I am afraid to hook em up to my Linux machine.

My goal is to backup al my external drives to my NAS using a mac. Then format all my external drives to an "appropriate" filesystem.

I am looking for a filesystem that ideally works on both Linux and windows without file size limitations. What filesystem would you recommend for my external drives and why?

Please watch out when using APFS-FUSE as it might do something with the filesystem structure? Luckily I am able to retrieve my data and as always... make backups backups backups :) Glad to join the Linux party!

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This month in Servo: network inspector, a11y first steps, WebDriver, and more! Plus some big perf gains, thanks to our incremental layout work.
https://servo.org/blog/2025/07/17/this-month-in-servo/

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Boot loader on usb stick

https://preview.redd.it/agfvygf5cmdf1.png?width=736&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8defbfd96635cbcffe0928f93c3248b2d86d2a3


I was just joking...
"This is a good way" was what I did not expect

PS:
Sorry if I misused some terms in the prompt; please correct me if I did so.

PPS:
As I am fairly new, there might be some inherently bad decisions, like having two bootloaders even though the Windows one could boot Linux, but that is not the point of the post.

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Linus Torvalds used to speak to engineers in 2012 the way I speak to LLMs now.
https://redd.it/1m365aa
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just found an old ubuntu CD in my old dell laptop packaging
https://redd.it/1m381xi
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What are some of your productivity hacks?

I see that there are many seemingly simple hack that boosts productivity by a great deal. What have you found out to be most useful hacks? Share it here.
I use following.
1. Aliases for commands.
2. Chrome remote desktop to execute simple commands on mobile device.

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What is the craziest thing you have done on linux for fun?

For me, its using distrobox (rootfull) on nixos to gain access to pacstrap, install arch on my own pc from it, then enter my arch install from the distrobox arch container and download some random dotfiles to test it out

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They straight up copied the Fedora logo lol
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[SECURITY] firefox-patch-bin, librewolf-fix-bin and zen-browser-patched-bin AUR packages contain malware
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/

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All good things come to an end: Shutting down Clear Linux OS
https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716

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Intel shuts down Clear Linux
https://community.clearlinux.org/t/all-good-things-come-to-an-end-shutting-down-clear-linux-os/10716

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Why do most Linux users prefer ThinkPad laptops? share your opinion.
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I really just like Ubuntu

I've done my fair share of distrohopping. I started on Mint. My laptop has Fedora. (unrelated) I have a Macbook Pro. For the longest time I kept my desktop as a Windows machine in case Windows was needed for university - but it never was, and my Macbook can honestly just fulfil that role if need be.

But still, given that this device needs to be the reliable and compatible one I though "what better distro than the most popular". I installed 24.04 LTS, left the installation media on a thumb drive in case I needed to reinstall, and then used the GUI to update to 24.10 and the 25.04, and I've been happily using 25.04 since then. It really does just work.

I get that some FOSS purists will take issue with certain choices. I get that some people prefer not to use Snaps. I get that some people don't like Canonical. I get that some people don't like opt-out telemetry, but I'm not one of those people. The out-of-the-box experience has been great. I've slotted into it as a uni machine with no hitches what-so-ever.

Thanks Ubuntu.

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Intel shuts down Clear Linux OS, its high-performance Linux distribution
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-shuts-down-clear-linux-os-its-high-performance-linux-distribution

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DuckDuckGo now lets you hide AI-generated images in search results
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/duckduckgo-now-lets-you-hide-ai-generated-images-in-search-results/

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Malware found in the AUR
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/

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Debian 13 Trixie will be released on August 9th
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/07/msg00003.html

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just switched from windows to mint
https://redd.it/1m47c81
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I have to be honest linux impressed me

I’ve been using Windows for about 14 years but after recall came I couldn’t use Windows anymore so I tried these distros

Ubuntu
It was ok but too annoying at times due to random updates and driver issues

Mint
I had the most hope going into this but I didn’t enjoy it as it was lacking in speed and my sound was broke

Debian
I loved this so much I would daily drive but my install kept destroying itself for some reason

Catchy
Best one so far it used 500 mb ram on desktop and maxed out at 2gb

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Debian slink & ham
https://redd.it/1m4azt1
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Feelings after a month of switching from Windows to Linux(Ubuntu)

Its has now been a month since i have installed Linux(Ubuntu) on my laptop. It started as just an experiment after watching pewdiepie's video. I have my semester break going on and I am free most of the time so installed Ubuntu. Instantly after installing I was pretty happy and excited to start something new but as soon as I started browsing, I encountered few errors. The first and the biggest issue I faced was sound issues, for some reason the sound I get from my laptop is almost 60% it was on windows(still have this issue but now i use the system on 125% volume). Other issues I found were getting the alternatives for many applications I used on a regualr basis like MS office, Photoshop etc. but I quickly found Libre Office and GIMP and other than getting used to new interface I found no issues.

In the start I had planned to use Ubuntu for a week before going back to windows if I found Ubuntu unusable for me so stuck to Ubuntu and I am so glad I did because after switching to Linux I have started to become more keyboard realiant hence faster in so many operations and I am enjoying something new after a long time. I still find some inconviniences like I can't play some games I used to but I had already reduced gaming either ways so that was not an issue. Also the thing I am looking forward to most is ricing but whenever I start to research about it, it just seems to complicated and I am scared I will mess up my system and will have to start from the begining. So have that on hold but over all Linux has been a positive experience despite few hurdles in the begining and so much more to learn.

https://preview.redd.it/9s29v482mwdf1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=bfdb2086d70c199ad211a583724a1485465fd1dd



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