On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 07:41 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 12:12 +0000, Paul Howarth wrote: > > Eric Beversluis wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 23:59 +0200, Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > > > > > Note that Fedora does not support NTFS filesystems "out of the box". > > > > See: http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/129/65/ > > > > Paul. > > Great! I wonder how many hours of frustration this has caused people > over the years who weren't lucky enough to receive this "by the way." > Everything I've read and my experience with other distros would lead me > never to expect or suspect this. Nicholas Wells simply says, "Linux > supports read access to this file system" (The Complete Guide to Linux > System Administration, 186). > > This looks like a real pain. So much for even thinking that FC4 might be > end-user friendly. ---- User friendly is a relative term. Not incorporating copyrighted, potentially patent infringing software, incompatible license software is another thing. Perhaps you are not aware of the differences. Perhaps also, you are venting frustrations because of what you don't know...that's why this list and other things like 'www.fedorafaq.org' exist. Craig
