[Bug 204187] Re: No compressed file system option in ubiquity.

[John McCabe-Dansted]

Given that bug #106741 has now been fixed, but this one has not, I
doesn't seem this bug is a duplicate anymore.

Given that Btrfs is already an option, I understand it is now trivial to
add a "Btrfs (compressed)" option to the GUI.

Use cases:
  Joe wants to install Ubuntu on an old Eeepc with only 4GB of SSD. Minimising the size of the install is vital
  Alice finds that Ubuntu doesn't support her machine properly, and goes back to windows. However, she wants to keep a *small* Linux partition installed so she can help debug the bugs she reported in the Linux drivers.
  Fred finds that given his combination of a slow SSD and a fast CPU, compression improves performance as well as space usage.

** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 106741
   no crypto filesystem support

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Title:
  No compressed file system option in ubiquity.

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Having a compressed file system available in Ubiquity would be useful
  to Install onto small devices (say a 1-4GB Usb drive)

  The jffs2 filesystem is in the Ubuntu kernel, but is missing from ubiquity (as of Mar 08 Daily LiveCD). Jffs would presumably be ideal for flash based devices.
  Userspace support seems to be poor. and mtd-tools is in universe rather than main.

  Other options exist, but seem less optimal.
  compFUSEd is userspace. Might be OK. Probably not as good as JFFS2.
  Reiserfs4 is not in the Ubuntu Kernel.
  e2compr is very old and not in the kernel.

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