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		rekttrader 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ntfsplus: NTFS Filesystem Remake Why can’t MSFT in their infinite wisdom get someone from the WSL team to build a native driver. It would add so much good will.

lproven 29 days ago [–]

1. Because MS's support for Linux is just marketing, nothing more.

2. Because a VM can't mount a volume on the host which is already mounted. Having volumes only accessible to VMs is little use when the VM has its own native formats for that.

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