Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 02:43 this Tuesday (GMT):

On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:12:42 -0700, John Ames wrote:
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Of course it's many years too late for *nix to course-correct on
this ...

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It’s not too late. On Linux, you have the choice. Torvalds’ complaint was
precisely about bugs in the correct handling of that choice, which he
blamed on having the choice in the first place.

I personally just avoid doing it, the minor benifits are way outweighed
by the potential dataloss from programs or file system differences.
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