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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:10:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 02:43 this Tuesday (GMT):
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:12:42 -0700, John Ames wrote:
>
>> Of course it's many years too late for *nix to course-correct on
>> this ...
>
> It’s not too late. On Linux, you have the choice. Torvalds’ complaint was 
> precisely about bugs in the correct handling of that choice, which he 
> blamed on having the choice in the first place.


I personally just avoid doing it, the minor benifits are way outweighed
by the potential dataloss from programs or file system differences.
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