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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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