From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:57:06 -0500, Paul wrote:   
      
   > That's so how NTFS can be treated like an EXT4, you can switch back   
   > and forth without having to be aware of what is underneath.   
      
   The Linux kernel (and most userland utilities) have no special place   
   in their hearts for ext4, or ext3, or NTFS, or any other particular   
   filesystem. The VFS layer assumes a common set of POSIX-based   
   semantics, nothing more and nothing less. Anything that can hook into   
   that will work.   
      
   This is unlike the Windows kernel, where assumptions specific to NTFS   
   pervade every part of the system.   
      
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