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When will we have a modern file system that “just works” for read and write on Windows, Linux and Mac without the need to buy some proprietary product or depend
by newscracker 7y ago
When will we have a modern file system that “just works” for read and write on Windows, Linux and Mac without the need to buy some proprietary product or depend on some open source option that may not be maintained or 100% reliable?
Seems like going over the network is the easiest option for people who use multiple OSes, though it comes with incompatibilities in permissions, ownership and also comes with a speed hit.
I doubt if Apple would provide implementations of APFS for non-Apple operating systems. So that probably leaves Microsoft to push NTFS (since ReFS isn’t a common option anymore as per Wikipedia) if it desires. But Microsoft seems to be on a cost cutting mode (cf the adoption of Chromium in Edge).
Are there viable and good options suitable for these three operating systems?
- angrygoat 7y agoexFAT works on MacOS >= 10.6.5, Windows and with this announcement hopefully shortly on Linux. I'd say it counts as a modern file system too - only released in 2006.
- shmerl 7y agoI'd count "modern", as something like btrfs, zfs or bcahefs.
- Abishek_Muthian 7y agoIt already does in Linux albeit not by default, it needs exFAT-utils and in android Paragon has the app with license for exFAT.
- yrro 7y agoDoesn't UDF work?
- legulere 7y agoLast time I tried it didn’t „just work“ across operating systems, with each showing different issues.