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Originally Posted by Mugge
So soon I will be able to write to peoples NTFS formatted USB sticks, if I install some of this FUSE stuff? That would be a huge win!
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by fcgriz
People actually format flash drives as NTFS? Why?
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Indeed, it's a bad idea. NTFS is a very complex file system and keeps the drive quite busy. It also has a lot of overhead. This significantly decreases the flash drive's lifetime and available space. (Virtually the same applies for HFS+.)
FAT32 is truly the best option here. (Well, strictly speaking, jffs2 is a much better option, but then you'd have to install that on Windows as well…)
NTFS is best for:
1) a Boot Camp Windows partition
2) general storage between most systems, with fewer limitations (e.g., files bigger than 4 GBs) and better performance than FAT32. Readable virtually everywhere, writable on newer Linux distros and now, with a third-party install, on Mac OS X.