NTFS-3G has just gone 1.0. Pop the champagne!
by Ken on Feb.23, 2007, under Linux
I know this may seem insignificant to some but trust me it’s HUGE!!! I installed the ntfs-3g driver update this morning and I have tested it on my NTFS partitions and so far, it works flawlessly. What this means in plain terms is you can now write files and delete files to and from a Windows XP, WIn2K, or Windows Vista drive from Linux (with NTFS formatting). Fat32 has been supported for many years. No more booting into windows to erase a file. A word of caution however, make sure you do delete important system config files on your Windows partion/hard drive because essentially you will have broken your Windows install.
It looks like NTFS-3G has just hit 1.0. The release history page today said:
“Stable Version 1.0 (February 21, 2007) change: document and release version update to stable status”
Readers are reminded at this point that 1.0 (which in the Windows world often means “little better than beta”) has a very near magical meaning in Linux-land.
