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On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 6:30:12 AM CEST Davyd McColl wrote: |
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> Most newer external storage devices come formatted with ntfs these days, so |
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> if you just want to plug-and-play, I suggest installing ntfs-3g. File |
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> managers like dolphin and desktop environments like KDE will notice the |
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> device and allow you to mount and use them. |
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> Be aware, though, that ntfs-3g, whilst being an excellent bit of software |
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> (imo), is not the fastest way to access those disks. If you have no need to |
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> move the disk to another computer or if you only plan on moving between |
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> Linux computers, I suggest formatting with a native filesystem like ext4. |
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> Personally, I use ntfs-3g for my 4 large external disks so that I can |
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> access them when I infrequently dual-boot to windows of on the off-chance |
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> that I would like to lend the drive to someone. I accept the performance |
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> penalty. |
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> -d |
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> On October 3, 2018 05:45:58 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > Are all external storage, media/disk work with Linux? |
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> > Any recommendations, or which one to stay away from. |
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> > Some of them are encrypted, so I suppose they will not work with Linux |
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> > out of the box. |
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> > Thelma |
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I would assume other desktop environments will also seamlessly work with |
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ntfs-3g as that is handled by udisks. |
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Personally, I have not noticed lesser performance with ntfs-3g with both |
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reading and writing. |
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I also have not had any issues with encrypted disks. |
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