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On the need for a new removable device filesystem

On the need for a new removable device filesystem

Posted Aug 23, 2012 13:09 UTC (Thu) by Cato (subscriber, #7643)
In reply to: On the need for a new removable device filesystem by cortana
Parent article: On the need for a new removable device filesystem

XP is gradually going away so UDF might resurface. More likely it will be exFAT which despite being patent encumbered does work on Windows XP or higher, OS X, etc.

Any plan for a new Linux FS for removeable devices should at least provide BSD-licensed FS code for use in Windows, Mac, etc - otherwise it's unlikely to get anywhere.


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