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firefox returns odd results for file:/// or file:///tmp
Ubuntu has switched Firefox from being a traditional package to being a Snap package – imagine it as a Docker container but for desktop apps. The container has a virtualized file system with its own / ...
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Are Windows ReFS file-level snapshots what File History should have been?
You are comparing apples and oranges. File History was born due to the fact that the vast majority of Windows desktop users - specifically home users - were not making backups of their data. ...
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Are Windows ReFS file-level snapshots what File History should have been?
Not Really
The closer analogy is the Volume Shadow Copy service (VSS) used to implement restore points and provide a consistent point-in-time view of the filesystem for backups.
The difference here is ...
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Choice of filesystem for GNU/Linux on an SD card
Wikipedia tells me (in a "citation needed" statement) that Removable
flash memory cards and USB flash drives have built-in controllers to
perform wear leveling and error correction so use of ...
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