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As a full time desktop Linux user since 1999 (the actual year of the Linux desktop, I swear) I wish all you Windows folks the best of luck on the next clean install 👍

…and Happy 30th Birthday “New Technology” File System!

  • Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    702·
    1 year ago

    The last update to NTFS was in 2004.

    The fact that ReFS doesn’t even support all the features NTFS does is pathetic.

    • deranger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      271·
      1 year ago

      Genuine question, not being sarcastic.

      What’s the benefit to the average end user to modernizing NTFS?

      Sure, I love having btrfs on my NAS for all the features it brings, but I’m not a normal person. What significant changes that would affect your average user does NTFS require to modernize it?

      I just see it as an “if it’s not broken” type thing. I can’t say I’ve ever given the slightest care about what filesystem my computer was running until I got into NAS/backups, which itself was a good 10 years after I got into building PCs. The way I see it, it doesn’t really matter when I’m reinstalling every few years and have backups elsewhere.

      • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
        25·
        1 year ago
        • Near instantaneous snapshots and rollback (would help with system restore etc)
        • Compression that uses a modern algorithm
        • Checking for silent corruption, so users know if their files are no longer correct

        I’d add better built in multi-device support and recovery (think RAID and drive pooling) but that might be beyond the “average” user (which is always a vague term and I feel there are many types of users within that average). E.g. users that mod their games can benefit from snapshots and/or reflink copies allowing to make backups of their game dirs without taking up any additional space beyond the changes that the mods add.

      • Fylkir@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        14·
        1 year ago

        At the very least, better filesystem level compression support. A somewhat common usecase might be people who use emulators. Both Wii U and PS3 are consoles where major emulators just use a folder on your filesystem. I know a lot of emulator users who are non-technical to the point that they don’t have “show hidden files and folders” enabled.

        Also your average person wouldn’t necessarily need checksums, but having them built into the filesystem would lead to overall more reliability.