I think that will pretty much mean that I'll be a Fedora user in the future. I understand that many people prefer base 10 file sizes for various reasons, I don't however so that change would drive me mad really quickly.
Ubuntu Will Switch To Base-10 File Size Units In Future Release
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Re: Ubuntu Will Switch To Base-10 File Size Units In Future Release
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So, since HD manufacturers use inflated numbers the solution is for everyone else to change? Does this mean we're going to stop using base 2 for things like network speeds as well? What will users think when they have lets say a photo management program, that says that their library is 495 GB (base 2) and then they try to transfer that over to a disk that has 500 gb (base 10) available, only to find 495 doesn't fit i…
Network speeds have always been base-10.
Yes and no, network speeds are base 10 when you buy it and when you spec hardware. Most users interaction with quantifying network speeds, however, is the browser download progress bar, which always uses base 2.