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From: Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Is Microsoft Trying To Revive ReFS?
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:31:05 -0400
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On Fri, 3/28/2025 6:40 AM, Farley Flud wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 22:20:00 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>>
>> NTFS is certainly showing its age. But it’s not clear that ReFS is
>> really enough to take Windows forward.
>>
> 
> Whatever the case, it will be another proprietary format that GNU/Linux
> cannot (easily) access.
> 
> IIRC, it tooks many years befor GNU/Linux was able to correctly access
> and write NTFS files.
> 
> I still would not trust the Linux kernel module for writing NTFS even
> though it is regarded to be stable and free from error.
> 
> In the not-so-rare times that I must interchange files between Winblows
> and GNU/Linux I will use either VFAT or EXFAT format.

Paragon is offering a Linux driver for ReFS.
Even though the ReFS has no public spec for it.

I whipped up a quick test.

   [Picture]

    https://i.postimg.cc/bNfxLZpS/Re-FS-On-W11-Insider.gif

I don't think anything has changed.

Partition shrink is not offered (in Windows File Explorer).

   Paul