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Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint

From Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint
Date 2024-12-22 20:32 +0000
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 04:08:36 -0500, Paul wrote:

> I don't live on a diet of synthetic tests.

Neither do I. I have done real-world applications involving keeping 
hundreds of thousands of individual files in a single directory.

> The file system is good enough for casual home user
> usage.

I’m sure it is. So was CP/M. If a toy OS is good enough for you, then 
fine. Some of us need more than that for mission-critical purposes.

> I can tell you from my testing, not to put four billion
> files in a single flat directory. The transfer would
> never finish.

I’m sure that’s true on Windows. But on Linux, my expectation is, somebody 
has already tested it to make sure it works.

Here’s a fun thing: try putting four billion files into an NTFS directory, 
not from Windows, but from Linux. You will likely find it works a lot 
better.

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Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-21 05:36 +0000
  Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-21 07:07 +0000
    Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-12-21 07:54 -0500
      Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2024-12-21 08:45 -0500
    Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-21 23:27 +0000
  Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2024-12-21 09:25 -0500
    Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-21 21:05 +0000
    Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2024-12-21 22:40 +0000
      Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-21 20:56 -0500
        Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-22 03:46 +0000
          Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-22 04:08 -0500
            Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-22 20:32 +0000
              Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-22 17:42 -0500

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