I/O in Windows XP is faster than Windows 11.
22 years of development for nothing.
Windows on Btrfs
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
Paragon has been doing it for quite a while. You just need to pay extra. https://www.paragon-software.com/business/extfs-for-windows/
contact Sales for a quote. I guess the price depends on how many files you plan on storing?
$20 if you're a home user?
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
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.
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#114Related 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. Surely, given the Linux native file system is open source, adding the ability to mount ext4 partitions natively should be something people can add to Windows? I have seen third party…
> 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
Re: Windows on Btrfs
#115Related 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. Surely, given the Linux native file system is open source, adding the ability to mount ext4 partitions natively should be something people can add to Windows? I have seen third party…
> I think exfat has recently gained support in all three platforms but it's not reliable for an internal hard drive (I think?). It's not, and recovery tools are still lacking. Keep using NTFS for now.
exfat’s reliability “issues” are by design— it’s not journaled, to simplify implementation (and reduce resource use) on embedded devices and reduce wear on flash media.
It’s not a replacement for NTFS in applications where it’s already being used (large disks, anything where important data is being stored). Rather, it’s a modernized replacement for FAT32 for things like camera memory cards, eliminating some of FAT32’s limitations (like the file size limit) while remaining similarly lightweight.
Re: Windows on Btrfs
#116Related 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. Surely, given the Linux native file system is open source, adding the ability to mount ext4 partitions natively should be something people can add to Windows? I have seen third party…
Paragon has been doing it for quite a while. You just need to pay extra. https://www.paragon-software.com/business/extfs-for-windows/
Don't use this. I once tried it and it changed the UUID of the Linux partition without any warning. Grub was unable to pick up the partition and boot, so I was stuck at grub rescue.
God knows what other bugs their software has.
Re: Windows on Btrfs
#117Related 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. Surely, given the Linux native file system is open source, adding the ability to mount ext4 partitions natively should be something people can add to Windows? I have seen third party…
Pretty sure there isn’t an ext4 spec, it’s just the reference implementation. Microsoft could build something that is compatible, but keeping compatibility as the reference implementation changes may not be straightforward.
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#118I've always thought filesystem compatibility between OSes should be a priority. Moreover, I've never understood why Microsoft developed ReFS instead of adopting ZFS.
Probably license issues - same reason Linus won't add ZFS to the linux kernel. https://itsfoss.com/linus-torvalds-zfs/ If Linus is afraid of Oracle, MS should definitely be afraid
More likely Microsoft doesn't want its OS features to be controlled by a third party. The issues with using ZFS in Linux stem from the GPL. Neither Windows nor MacOS are affected.
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Re: Windows on Btrfs
#120Related 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. Surely, given the Linux native file system is open source, adding the ability to mount ext4 partitions natively should be something people can add to Windows? I have seen third party…
> 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…
Or just using NTFS since Linux now has good support for it.