Which file system to use for Ubuntu 9.04

[Zipp]

Hey!
I have recently downloaded Ubuntu 9.04 referring this link : Ubuntu 9.04 And Kubuntu 9.04 Final Released - Available for Download When i tried it out, in the hard disk format menu i saw Ext4 File System. I knew only Ext3 file system till now so i didn't want to install Ubuntu without research. My question is how good and reliable is Ext4 file system? Can anyone help me regarding this? would be helpful. I just don't won't to get my hard disk crashed due to some stupid mistake of mine. Thanks in advance...

[FaMe FacToR]

Hey!
I guess you need this: About Ext4 File System
The ext4 or fourth extended filesystem is a journaling file system developed as the successor to ext3. It was born as a series of backward compatible extensions to add to ext3 64-bit storage limits and other performance improvements. However, other Linux kernel developers opposed accepting extensions to ext3 for stability reasons, and proposed to fork the source code of ext3, rename it as ext4, and do all the development there, without affecting the current ext3 users. This proposal was accepted, and on June 28, 2006 Theodore Ts'o, the ext3 maintainer, announced the new plan of development for ext4. A preliminary development snapshot of ext4 was included in version 2.6.19 of the Linux kernel. On Oct 11, 2008, the patches that mark ext4 as stable code were merged in the Linux 2.6.28 source code repositories, denoting the end of the development phase and recommending ext4 adoption. Kernel 2.6.28, containing the ext4 filesystem, was finally released on December 25, 2008.

This states that Ext4 is stable and ready to use... All the best!

[Rudra.J]

Hey!
The ext4 file system may appear stable but it is not 100% stable. A lot of users have reported various bugs which are eliminated when tried it with ext3 file system. The major bug is : IF you resize the ext4 partition, be it growing or shrinking, you may loose data; As reported on ubuntu's offical website on 9.04 release notes. So better install ext3 file system, why take risk? All the best.

[Zipp]

Hey!
Thanks guys for the quick replies... I will use ext3 file system till ext4 becomes completely stable. I was searching on ubuntu's website and found that there are a lot of bugs with it... Thanks again!