Re: Local shared storage configuration

From	Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Local shared storage configuration
Date	2020-11-11 13:20 +0100
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On Mi, 11 nov 20, 09:23:07, Kamil Jońca wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Mi, 11 nov 20, 08:44:18, Kamil Jońca wrote:
> >> Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> writes:
> >> 
> >> > On Ma, 03 nov 20, 17:34:48, Joe wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> Those of us who use NTFS do so deliberately to provide compatibility
> >> >> with Windows. It's not that long ago that Linux NTFS support was a bit
> >> >> flaky, so we don't do it solely by our own choice. 
> >> >
> >> > One use case that is significantly easier with NTFS is setting up a 
> >> > shared local storage for several users on the same system.
> >> 
> >> Why not for example exFat? (This is not a rant, I have no such
> >> requirements so far and I am just curious)
> >
> > What would be the benefits of exFAT over NTFS (on Linux).
> 
> exfat is simpler,
> exfat has kernel driver

Right. On the other hand NTFS supports symbolic and hard links (need 
these), and being case sensitive is also one less worry in a Linux 
environment.

Kind regards,
Andrei.
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Re: Local shared storage configuration Kamil Jońca <kjonca@poczta.onet.pl> - 2020-11-11 09:40 +0100
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