[Wine] Is there a difference...? [question]

[James McKenzie]

On 5/1/11 3:45 PM, DIFTOW wrote:
> I don't think it is that surprising. I mean, Valve talks about using a symbolic link for the "steamapps" folder.. and that link obviously is to the NTFS copy.
>
> The purpose is not having the same apps or data installed twice, because you're literally taking w/e space you take up now, and doubling it just to run on Linux.
>
> Fine for people who don't have Windows, but not so good for someone who dual boots.
>
> I don't see why an NTFS partition wouldn't perform well, and in fact can confirm there is no difference when running Wine.
There is a massive difference in how files are accessed between NTFS and 
EXT2/3/4.  This can and has caused problems in the past.

Someday, there may be a full on implementation of NTFS style file access 
in Linux.  That lies outside the scope of the Wine project.

James McKenzie