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> I think exfat has recently gained support in all three platforms but it's not reliable for an internal hard drive (I think?). I've been doing this for a few years now. It just doesn't support some stuff, like permissions, but for just a pile of files, it's fine.
No symlinks, no transparent compression… there's quite a few mission things
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> Related tangent: Something I don't fully understand (perhaps I just haven't found a project that facilitates it) is why there isn't a Windows extension (driver?) that allows for native mounting of ext4 partitions within Windows explorer. Such projects have long existed, but I suspect there's a lack of interest. It's a difficult technical problem with a narrow usage niche. You need somebody who wants both Windows an…
Wanting to dual-boot sometimes isn't that rare, surely. And local storage for documents remains popular too. It seems to reflect the reality that serious Linux development effort has been very server-focussed for a long time.
Having to reboot is so inconvenient, sooner or later ina dual boot setup you leave your non-preferred env colecting dusts and cobwebs.
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So why haven’t such an open source application materialized after all these years?
Well you'd need to fund the cost of a kernel driver signing certificate and get it through WHQL as well. That's just for a start. So this wouldn't be something you could build yourself.
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Wanting to dual-boot sometimes isn't that rare, surely. And local storage for documents remains popular too. It seems to reflect the reality that serious Linux development effort has been very server-focussed for a long time.
These days probably quite rare, except for gaming. Virtualization is far more convenient.
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For performance, to use the entire RAM and CPU of the bare metal machine
The overhead of VMs, properly provisioned, is minimal these days. Even going with card passthrough just works.
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For performance, to use the entire RAM and CPU of the bare metal machine
The overhead of VMs, properly provisioned, is minimal these days. Even going with card passthrough just works.
Speaking of Windows storage drivers, years ago, I managed to get Windows to boot and run entirely in RAM using some fairly obscure tools from the reboot.pro forums. I always wanted to have an immutable Windows system that I could manage like cattle. Unfortunately, setting up such a system was extremely complicated and a manual process. I am aware that Windows now has a driver called UWF that functions a bit like an o…
http://reboot.pro/index.php?showtopic=21787
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These days probably quite rare, except for gaming. Virtualization is far more convenient.
Used to dual boot, but with the combo of steam/proton and VFIO passthrough + looking glass, it’s been really solid to just run both at the same time. File sharing between the two is pretty easy in that case, because it’s just the usual rsync/scp tools or SMB share. Although, I’ve found I very rarely need the guest for gaming anymore, more so for opening the odd Photoshop file and similar tasks.
In 2010, used to dual boot. In 2014 or so, I switched to VFIO GPU/SSD passthrough and never booted to Windows again. In maybe 2019 or so, I pretty much stopped using passthrough even, though this is partly because I stopped playing a few games that proton didn't run (mostly because of e.g. Easy Anti Cheat, etc).
I don't even have my windows ssd installed in my tower any more, that's how little I expect to need it these days.
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The overhead of VMs, properly provisioned, is minimal these days. Even going with card passthrough just works.
You need a whole damn extra card for passthrough. With the price of today’s high end cards, that option seems… less than attractive.