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Linux users have known the pain of dealing with exFAT-formatted flash drives and SD cards on their computers. Thankfully Microsoft, which has recently become a big Linux fanboy, is removing its hold on the patents related to the exFAT file system. This move comes after the company has already had its share of profits, making […]
Short Bytes: In a slight intermission in the Btrfs series, we’re looking at WinBtrfs, a “from-scratch” implementation of the Linux brainchild filesystem, Btrfs. Windows has a notorious lack of support for filesystems, and a shaky reputation with its RAID software, meaning WinBtrfs could be a saving grace for filesystems on Windows. Like Apple, Microsoft has […]
Unlike Windows, Linux does not mounts file systems automatically on computer startup. You have to mount each partition manually after boot. This can be annoying if some applications have to access contents from some unmounted partitions on startup, like a media player. If your music library resides on any unmounted partition, each time you open […]