[dayglored]

For those unfamiliar, the exFAT filesystem is the latest extension to the legendary FAT / FAT16 / FAT32 filesystem that has been around since the first days of MS-DOS in the early 1980's.

It still doesn't have ownership, or permissions (other than "R" for read-only), and only the most rudimentary concepts of organization.

But it's very lightweight, simple, and now -- this is the key benefit of exFAT -- it can store files bigger than 4GB, specifically up to 128 PB (yes, that's petabytes).

So the fact that Microsoft is promoting it outside a pure-Windows context is notable, and good.

[dayglored]

exFAT [hearts] Linux ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[Openurmind]

No, no no, it would be “cross contamination”. lol

They are slowly trying to assimilate linux through the backdoor and will soon try to own a license over it all just because they happen to own a couple characters in the code associated with linux. Can they be trusted? NO, Would they try this? YES.

Watch, give it about 10 years...

[TexasGator]

Formatting from Windows

https://www.disk-partition.com/windows-10/exfat-format-windows-10-3889.html

[taxcontrol]

FAT, exFAT … PFFFFFT

REAL Linux users prefer something more exotic - JFS or ext4

[Varmint Al]

Is this MS's getting their nose under the tent of the Linux Kernel so that they can take control?

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

[bigbob]

Abort, Retry, Fail?

[Openurmind]

Microsoft: “we are going to let you incorporate something that doesn’t even belong to us into your kernel! Isn’t that nice of us?”

Linux: “Thanks man, but we really don’t need it”.

lol

[TChad]

It is already very easy to install an exFAT package to Ubuntu.

[Bobalu]

The diminutive and simple looking microSD card is a marvel.

Flash memory is notoriously loaded with bad memory bits.

It requires a pretty hefty processor to keep track of the bad spots and juggle all the requests. Typically an SD card has a 32bit 100mhz, ARM processor on board.

That little SD card is a rather powerful computer with ram, rom, flash and a tiny operating system all in a package the size of a fingernail.

Pretty cool eh?