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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Windows 11 for Workstations vs. Linux Mint
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 04:08:36 -0500, Paul wrote:

> I don't live on a diet of synthetic tests.

Neither do I. I have done real-world applications involving keeping 
hundreds of thousands of individual files in a single directory.

> The file system is good enough for casual home user
> usage.

I’m sure it is. So was CP/M. If a toy OS is good enough for you, then 
fine. Some of us need more than that for mission-critical purposes.

> I can tell you from my testing, not to put four billion
> files in a single flat directory. The transfer would
> never finish.

I’m sure that’s true on Windows. But on Linux, my expectation is, somebody 
has already tested it to make sure it works.

Here’s a fun thing: try putting four billion files into an NTFS directory, 
not from Windows, but from Linux. You will likely find it works a lot 
better.