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Fully Open Source NTFS Support Under Linux
lord_rob the only on writes "The Linux NTFS project has released a beta version of its fully open source userspace (using FUSE) 3G-Linux NTFS support driver. According to the developer, this driver beats hands down other NTFS support solutions performance-wise (including commercial Paragon NTFS driver and also Captive NTFS, which is using windows ntfs.sys driver under WINE)." That's right, writing to NTFS even works. Soon it'll mean one less recovery disk to keep around, I hope.
Is Slashdot testing out the NTFS writing ability on their site?
Except that every partition tool under the sun fails on my NTFS drives, so I can't even install Linux anywhere... so my computer is STILL Linux proof.
...from usmsdos to ntfs! Finally!
When I installed Vista Beta 2 on a friend's box, it required use of NTFS for its root partition (the C: drive as you Windows people like to call it), so I'd say that Vista will use NTFS. Then again, Vista might as well use Reiser5 or something, because that will be the default filesystem on Debian Stable kernels by the time Vista comes out.
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Why would users even need more than 640k of ram?
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1
It's really fast, despite being in userspace, though it can still take a while because there is so much that it needs to do. Start it before you leave work, or before you go to bed.
As a side effect, your NTFS partition will finally be free of spyware. It's the only way.
Too bad he wasn't more honest and said "just STEAL your ideas from everyone else and call it a Unix operating system" You're all nothing but fucking thieves!
Well, you've been stealing ideas about communication - you've stolen most of the alphbet, some punctuation, even some html formatting codes, to create your post. Couldn't come up with something original? To use your own words, "You're nothing but a fucking thief!"
(actually, you're JAW - Just Another Wanker)
... because there is a really good reason to support NTFS in the kernel: so you can boot off of an NTFS drive. That would eliminate the need for Windows users to re-partition their drives when installing Linux, and allow for an easier dual-boot.
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That's because we're all evil thieves (chaotic evil, actually). Yup, Linus Torvalds is a level 15 Thief/Wizard specializing on Thievery:Copyright Infringement. After we have stolen Windows we will proceed to steal Christmas, the fire and your time. (Then again, we already are doing that last part, via this very site.) But we aren't done yet. After we're done stealing Microsoft we will steal Bill Gates' thoughts from his mind and sell them on the black market. Which we will also steal.
Now excuse me, I have to go to my (obviously stolen) kitchen and steal me a sandwich. The flavor is peanut butter crime.
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In the grand tradition of open source NTFS drivers, this project has now reached the point in it's lifecycle where the developers abandon it and all future implementations start from scratch.