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Apple has APFS, which might get a decent Linux driver soon, since Apple has recently published a fairly detailed description of how it works. Theoretically, not
by AsyncAwait 8y ago
Apple has APFS, which might get a decent Linux driver soon, since Apple has recently published a fairly detailed description of how it works. Theoretically, nothing prevents someone writing a Windows driver too, which would allow APFS to become the modern standard for cross-platform requirements. Only I suspect that such Windows driver won't be free or common enough to make this practical.
- Fnoord 8y agoThere is a Windows driver for APFS from Paragon available. [1] Proprietary and commercial though. They also provide a free APFS to HFS+ conversion tool. HFS+ can be read from Linux though AFAIK without journaling support (essentially HFS). [1] https://www.paragon-software.com/home/apfs-windows/ https://www.paragon-software.com/home/apfs-windows/
- AsyncAwait 8y agoI suspected somebody like Paragon would have a driver for it, but it being commercial means the adoption rate is probably minuscule and would remain so.
- dcosson 8y agoI don’t get how there isn’t more demand for this, to me it’s such an obvious pain-point for personal computing these days. I guess the number of people dual booting OSes or even using external drives at all these days is so small? I feel like thumb drives are still very common though and getting large enough that it’s worth having a decent file system on them.
- josteink 8y agoI don’t know about you, but I hardly transfer data from point a to b via physical means anymore. It’s all network. So all I need is working file-transfer protocols.