Mounting NTFS into Ubuntu

[Matthew Flaschen]

Ouattara Oumar Aziz wrote:
> Eric Dunbar a écrit :
>> So why isn't NTFS supported natively? It's been around for a long time
>> (a decade? or more?) and it seems that most Linux users are from the
>> Windows world (especially from the "pro"/"hacker" side of things so
>> would be more inclined to be using the more robust server-like
>> features of Windows NT/XP Pro).
>>
>> Eric.
>>
> 
> Ntfs is not supported (at least hardly) because Microsoft doesn't 
> release the NTFS specification, so we just try to guess the specification.

Also, it's patented.  That isn't exactly the reason for the technical
mediocrity of Linux NTFS, but it's a disincentive to improve.

Matthew Flaschen



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