Happy 30th Birthday âNew Technologyâ File System! Thanks for 30 years of demonstrating Linux superiority with a gap that widens with every new kernel release đ
Yes, NTFS lacks features that surely one of the many Linux filesystems have. But it also has features others do not. There is no one-siize-fits-all filesystem.
- Ext4 is generally faster than NTFS, but cannot handle as large of files
- ZFS has a multitude of features that NTFS does not, like zraid, dedup, etc., but usually at the cost of RAM.
- BTRFS is included in the Linux kernel and also has many features, like being able to conveniently switch hard drive raid-like configurations on the fly with rebalance, but doesnât support fs-level encryption
- NTFS lacks in many features the others do not, and is a ânon-standardâ filesystem. However, itâs one of the few with better cross-platform support, more advanced access control, pre-emptive journaling, reparse points, etc.
Itâs quite obvious that my calling out tribalism has felt to you an attack.
We get enough of this âus vs themâ mentality in literally every topic and medium. Iâd just like a little more nuance and genuine discourse. So I apologize if Iâve offended you.
Ext4 is generally faster than NTFS, but cannot handle as large of files
Going to be honest with you, this has not been my experience.
And you can imagine whatever you want, but that doesnât make it reality.
? Imagine? 16 exabytes for NTFS according to multiple sources, like Wikipedia and Microsoft documents, and 16 terabytes for ext4.
If you want to refute that then itâs most likely you have just had some unlucky experience, and at best itâs anecdotal.
Considering your rather disingenuous second sentence, I can see that you are not here to engage in conversation, but to troll. Youâre exactly what nobody needs buddy. Cya.
