Linux Kernel 5.15 Will Have Improved NTFS File System Support

Linux Kernel 5.15 Will Have Improved NTFS File System Support

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Bobby Borisov
Sep 10, 2021

Paragon’s NTFS driver was merged by Linux creator Linus Torvalds earlier this month, bringing reliable read and write functionality for this file system to Linux kernel 5.15.

Compared with the existing FUSE-based open source NTFS driver, the Paragon’s NTFS3 driver undoubtedly wins in terms of functionality and performance. The driver fully supports reads, writes, and many other features not found with the existing Linux driver. Learn more about this new Linux kernel support here.

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