For btrfs specifically, there is a driver on github for windows.
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Best part of the joke is EXT4 partitions (and BTRFS, ZFS, etc too?) are invisible to Windows, so it's just "flailing its gun" at the wind the whole time.
Not sure Linux busts in like this. It just, sorta walks in like it owns the place. "Door was locked? It wasn't for me."
Dave Chappelle as Rick James walking into Charlie Murphy's house.
Windows: "There is something wrong with that weird drive I've just found. Do you want me format it to 'fix' it?"
Me: "Alright Windows, your permission to exist on my computer has been revoked."
What using Windows be like:
Windows: Hey, do you want me toβ¦
Me: Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!
Windows11: want to try our new AI-β¦ Me: NOOOO! not now!
Windows: "OK, I'll keep asking every day just in case you change your mind. Then one day I'll just do it without asking"
There was a time when a Linux live CD could dominate a windows install like a porno. But then they started turning on full drive encryption and none of my tricks works anymore :(
ntfs: hey, i got user passwords set up here!
linux: really? never noticed.
Thankfully they can still encrypt Bitlocker if you have the Password
Actual legit handy in my setup. I use some things on Windows but mainly drive openSUSE.
Being able to just pluck whatever files I need from my windows drive is pretty dope.
I hate the lack of Linux compatibility in windows, the one time I use windows and I need to access btrfs? Good fucking luck, most tools have astericks attached, "MIGHT CORRUPT YOUR DRIVE, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK"
Windows accessing my other Windows installation's files corrupted my filesystem, how does that factor in?
Windows will sooner kill itself than learn how to play nice with others.
I'm literally dealing with this shit now.
What image do you put for when you install the BTRFS driver in Windows (yes it's real and it works pretty well actually.)
For extra unholy fuckery try installing Windows on the same partition as Linux, if you can load the driver that early. Edit: https://github.com/maharmstone/quibble it is possible. May God save our souls.
There have been windows drivers for Linux filesystems for a long time. I never dared to let windows read my Linux disks back when I still used it from time to time. Never trusted it enough for that.
I used to run that driver but sadly didn't want to go through the trouble of making it work with secure boot. It also had some weird issues with things like scrubbing and creating new volumes for me.
Oh I never let Windows touch my partition table anyhow. That's a Linux job.
Me: Hey Linux can you open my .exe for me? Windows just makes me doubleclick the file so it should be easy.
Linux:
Executes Under Windows
If the file is a windows file, it will not run under Linux on it's own. So if that's the case, you could try running it under a windows emulator (WINE). If it's not compatible with wine, then you won't be able to execute it under Linux.
Before you can start, you will need to install wine. The steps you need to install wine will vary on the linux platform you are on. You can probably google "Ubuntu install wine", if for example, you're installing ubuntu.
Once you have wine installed, then you'd be able to execute these commands.
cd abc/ wine info.exe
Execute Under Linux
if you know this file to run under linux, then you'll want to execute these commands:
Change to your abc directory
cd abc/
Then you'll want to change permissions to allow all users to execute this file (a+x). you could also allow just the user to execute (u+x)
chmod a+x info.exe
Launch the program, the ./ tells the command line to look in the current path for the file to execute (if the 'current' directory isn't in the $PATH environment variable.
./info.exe
...
While it does feel like that from a Windows user's perspective, you're comparing running Windows executables on Windows with running Windows executables on Linux - no wonder it's not as simple on Linux. Do you know what else is not that simple? Running Linux executables on Windows. In order to do that, you have to...
I understand all of that.
It doesn't change the fact that to execute a file you can't double click the executable file.
You mean a Windows executable file. There are executable (Linux) files on Linux that start with a double click.
Which OS has more executable files written for it that a regular user would regularly click on to open and not have to do an hr of troubleshooting?
I use Mint and jump through hoops daily to do things that don't require reading documentation on Windows.
These are unfortunately the kind of things that prevents people from changing OSs
Which OS has more executable files written for it
Windows, of course, that's out of the question. And yes, the problem wouldn't be as annoying if proper corporate solutions were developed for Linux, as well - which is an investment, and they look at the proportions between the two, and choose the one with the larger user base. Which sucks as well, because the Linux user base is small exactly for the above reason (among others).
Again, I'm not debating the whole issue at all - I just didn't find the initial comparison fair, that's all.
HELP HELP MY iPHONE APP DOESNT JUST MAGICALLY OPEN IN ANDROID TV AS A REGULAR APP HELP HELP
And then that user continued to use windows
Use wsl?
...?
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