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Re:Installing Windows and Linux into the same partition by Tsiklon on Saturday November 20, 2021 @03:41PM (#29291655)
Honestly, given it's limitations (4GB Max Filesize & no journaling) FAT32 should not be used for anything aside from low capacity removable storage (or a purpose which is not frequently read from/written to).

If you're sharing a library between Windows and Linux, NTFS should be your way forward, especially given the improved native R/W NTFS (NTFS3) driver that is present in newer Linux kernels (5.15+). exFAT is a marked improvement over FAT32 (no realworld filesize limit) but NTFS will probably be the least painful choice longer term (given the journaling capability).

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Re:Installing Windows and Linux into the same partition by samtheprogram on Saturday November 20, 2021 @03:53PM (#29291744)
FWIW I technically use exFat, my mistake.

Either way, NTFS isn’t supported by Proton and I’m still on 5.14; 5.15 was only released on Halloween 3 weeks ago and isn’t in most distributions/repositories yet or nearly as battle-tested. However I am excited to get my hands on the better NTFS support.

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Re:Installing Windows and Linux into the same partition by Tsiklon on Saturday November 20, 2021 @04:28PM (#29292007)
You're completely correct - my apologies for that, Things certainly are looking up though.
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