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Linux's Modern NTFS Driver Will Now Correctly Handle Symlinks Created On Windows (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] sudo_halt@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter if a bunch of crusty compsci academics think something is bad if it just works™ in real life

And I am saying this as an academic. I've seen my colleagues write lots of papers that faded like a fart in a fan factory while Unix is still chewing ass and kicking gum 1970s style

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

The objections to symlinks are not academic. They have real world flaws.