Viewing Linux partitions?

[Jon]

I haven't tried that distro so I don't know if it supports writing or just
reading. Using any permission based OS to write to another permission
based OS's volumes/partitions is always a bad idea. It can cause ownership
issues. This means Linux writing to a NTFS drive or Windows writing to a
Linux drive may cause unforseen problems down the road. Reading files
shouldn't be a problem.

Kerry

Yes, that's the way I use those 2 options. Copying files "read-only" from
Windows to linux (when in linux), or using Partition Explorer to copy files
read-only from linux, (when in Windows) which is quite sufficient in a dual
booting environment. Copying to the partition is dangerous, as you say.

Jon

 

[Jon]

Kerry is correct...the best way to share files between the two is to
setup a FAT32 "shared" partition. Heres how:

http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/partition-share-HOWTO.html

Yes, that looks like a good option, too. Would give you the potential to
work on the same files from the different operating systems, using different
packages, without the need to transfer.

Jon

 

[David Candy]

This is a windows group. Please post in Linux groups.

 

[Bob]

This is a windows group. Please post in Linux groups.

a. He needs to see Linux from Windows, so it is a Windows software
question.

b. You need help. Have you considered seeking a life ?

 

[David Candy]

It is an anti microsoft questions. The same fools used to crap on about the Mac here.

 

[Bob]

It is an anti microsoft questions. The same fools used to crap on about the Mac here.

Macs? Oh, that's different. Macs are for freaks - everyone knows that.
Have at it then.

I think if he wanted to troll on Windows he could do it a lot easier
than asking a legitimate question about Windows -> Linux drives. Lets
face it, it's not like Windows doesn't have some serious issues.

FYI - some *one* did do most of the design for Linux, just like some
*one* did it for Windows NT... the basis for what we use now (although
the architecture has been greatly abused into a spaghetti like mass
now via commercial greed). Look it up. Both are supported by
commercial companies. Look that up too.

 

[David Candy]

Rivhard whatever his name is. The one who said to Bill Gates "all software should be free" and BG replied "So should all hardware".

 

[David Candy]

It's UI design that is important. The plumbing irrelevent. Choice is bad. Standardisation is good. Customisation is bad. Every app should work exactly the same way. Using the same UI components in exactly the same way.

I'm a devotee of Tog (http://www.asktog.com/), the Mac UI designer (and I've read his books and research papers). I don't use keys to issue commands (though I type in Start Run a lot rather than use Start to start programs). I make the effort to learn how to use something.

Back to keys. We get question after question here about hotkeys. Yet keys take two seconds longer to issue a command over a menu. Users report that keys are faster but experiments prove otherwise. That's why macs have had poor key support - they are a bad idea and users shouldn't be using them. The two seconds are spent in a memory retrival trance which is why the users aren't aware of this time passing. So as keys are BAD should people encourage others to use the computer in a wrong way. What I did was wean myself off keys.

Before I would consider Unix (and if I wanted to play I'd just install internix) there would need to be a centrally mandated UI design. KDE and Gnome must merge and stop copying MS (KDE) and develop their own set of experiential based theories. All apps would be up for exclusion based on if they act like KDE/Gnome or not. Only 1 app of any type allowed.

The people who like Unix are just learning how to use a computer wrong. It's very hard to unlearn. Linux is like back to the 70s.

 

[capitan]

It's UI design that is important. The plumbing irrelevent.

I beg to differ with this. I think there are other important aspects
like security and performance.

Choice is bad. Standardisation is good. Customisation is bad. Every app
should work exactly the same way. Using the same UI components in
exactly the same way.