Strip incompatible characters from Windows partitions!

[Alan Milnes]

On 16/05/2008, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:

> While NTFS is closely associated with Windows, FAT is a defacto standard
>  for portable storage devices.

Agreed.  It is not a Linux 'native' file format though.

> Making and kind of O/S assumptions about FAT
>  is inherently incorrect.  For NTFS, I can almost see sense in this and
>  wouldn't be opposed if there were some NTFS spec or standard to base such a
>  design on.  I gather from another post in this thread that such a document
>  does not really exist.

That is a problem but the likes of SAMBA have some ways of at least
attempting to stop you creating files that then cause problems.

>  I feel that you are saying that because I don't also use Windows, I'm not
>  in Ubuntu's target population.  I think this is completely wrong.  I think
>  fixing Bug 1 is about getting people to stop using Windows, not about using
>  Windows and Ubuntu.
>
>  I see value in easing transition for new users, but our target is an Ubuntu
>  user, not an Ubuntu/Windows user.

Absolutely agree - that's why we should make this change and allow
experienced users to switch it off.  We want people to switch and a
large percentage of them probably dip their toe in the water through
things like dual booting etc.

Alan