cm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy yes, I would in fact like to write a file bigger than 4GB in 2025. Com'on flash drive manufacturers, get your shit together and format in exFAT already -_-lemmy.worldimagemessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1512arrow-down116
arrow-up1496arrow-down1imageWhy yes, I would in fact like to write a file bigger than 4GB in 2025. Com'on flash drive manufacturers, get your shit together and format in exFAT already -_-lemmy.worldcm0002@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareGooberEarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy can’t they just make one universal standard format and then just stick to that in all systems rather than have 400 million random different incompatible file systems running around? Wouldn’t 400 million and 1 be better?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoDifferent file system formats have different strengths and weaknesses. There isn’t a universal best one.
Why can’t they just make one universal standard format and then just stick to that in all systems rather than have 400 million random different incompatible file systems running around? Wouldn’t 400 million and 1 be better?
https://xkcd.com/927/
Different file system formats have different strengths and weaknesses. There isn’t a universal best one.