So recently tried zorin os and now im dual booting it with windows, and because of that I need a have NTFS partition between them. Now I have a 256gb windows partition, a 256 linux partition and a 1.7 Tb shared ntfs partition shared between them and I wonder how do you organize your files if you need to have them on another partition and cant use ~.

For programs they will always end up on / and I cant install them on another partition (dont know why) but what do you do for files? What folders do you have and where are they?

    • Drathro@dormi.zoneEnglish
      5·
      4 months ago

      I have personal experience with BTRFS and Windows. And that experience is that it’s roughly as stable/complete as NTFS is for Linux. 6 of one and a half dozen the other. I can’t recommend either situation for guaranteed stability long term between systems if one really needs to swap between the OS’s frequently while accessing all the same files.

      • gerdesj@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        So use either and do ensure you make proper backups, with some reasonable history (retention policy)

    • Semperverus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      I’ve found exFAT to be a bit smoother in operation, but really old devices dont care for it (SD cards).