[NTLUG:Discuss] ext3 waste disk spaces then Windows ME?

[Fred James]

m m wrote:

> All:
>
> I just notice that my 160 G hard drive "shrinked" to 140 (145?) G hard 
> drive after fomatted to ext3 file system and mounted to my linux box.
>
> I used to use that 160 G HD as WIN ME box, at that time I still have 
> about 150  G total spaces.
>
> Each  file system have its advantages. but is it worth to  sacrifice 
> about 10G to use another file system?
>
M M
[general observation - such a question is sort of asking for a religious 
war, but I shall recommend against such, and I promise my answer isn't 
intended to be such]

In the end, software is the deciding factor - what does one need to run, 
and what OS runs that best, or in some cases, simply what OS does it run 
on - one doesn't always have that much choice.

Once an OS is selected, by whatever reasoning one may care to apply to 
the process, the rest may be said to come under the phrase "what is, is."

Said another way:  I don't believe I should make my choice of OS based 
on hard drive formating, but I might choose a hard drive based on the 
size after formating by the OS of my choice.

Hope this helps
Regards
Fred James