On 5/1/11 3:45 PM, DIFTOW wrote:
I don't think it is that surprising. I mean, Valve talks about using a symbolic link for the "steamapps" folder.. and that link obviously is to the NTFS copy.
The purpose is not having the same apps or data installed twice, because you're literally taking w/e space you take up now, and doubling it just to run on Linux.
Fine for people who don't have Windows, but not so good for someone who dual boots.
I don't see why an NTFS partition wouldn't perform well, and in fact can confirm there is no difference when running Wine.
There is a massive difference in how files are accessed between NTFS and
EXT2/3/4. This can and has caused problems in the past.
Someday, there may be a full on implementation of NTFS style file access
in Linux. That lies outside the scope of the Wine project.
James McKenzie
