{{TableStart}} <tr><th>Filesystem</th><th>Recommended as root file system?</th><th>Additional tools required to emerge</th></tr> <tr><td>ext4</td><td>Yes</td><td>None</td></tr> <tr><td>XFS</td><td>Yes</td><td>{{c|sys-fs/xfsprogs}}</td></tr> <tr><td>zfs</td><td><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #f88">No</span> - advanced users only</td><td>{{c|sys-fs/zfs}}</td></tr> <tr><td>btrfs</td><td><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #f88">No</span> - advanced users only</td><td>{{c|sys-fs/btrfs-progs}}</td></tr> {{TableEnd}}
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