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    File support

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Meetloaf13, Jul 28, 2008.

  1. Meetloaf13

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    Hello all,

    2 quick questions. I am dual-booting (but have a separate partition for all of my files) Ubuntu 8 HH with Vista ultimate.

    Will I be able to play mp3s from my files partition (NTFS) through amarok, or do I need to bring them over?

    Also, if I run Office 2007 in WINE, will I be able to access and save the Docs on my files partition (NTFS)?

    Ideally I could edit and save from both Ubuntu and Vista when needs be.

    I'm really considering not using Vista unless I have to, but there are a few things I need to work out.

    Thanks!
     
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  2. Thomas

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    All questions: Yep.
     
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  3. Meetloaf13

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    Awesome.

    Thanks!
     
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  4. Thomas

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    I encourage you to use openoffice, though.
    ;)
     
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  5. Meetloaf13

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    Oh man, I have...but I'm pretty ingrained into Office 2007.

    I'm still in my Master's program too, and everyone runs office '07 nowadays, just makes life easier. Maybe some time down the road. Thanks again for the answer(s) =P
     
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  6. Thomas

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    OO can save into .doc, ya know.
    ;)
    And PDF for that matter.
     
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    yes, I know this. But as far as I know the .???x formats are not yet supported.

    And the eye-candy in PowerPoint is a must for the next year...lots of presentations to spice up!
     
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  8. Thomas

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    lol...good luck.
    Not sure about .docx, I never use it..lol
     
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  9. The Fire Snake

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    Is NTFS write support completely reliable now?
     
    The Fire Snake, Jul 28, 2008
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  10. Thomas

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    It has been for a long time..lol
     
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    Wow. I know read support has been stable for a long time but didn't know about write support. I know that about a year ago they released some new drivers for NTFS write support, but I read that it can still be dangerous to write to a NTFS partition. So if I wanted to write to my NTFS Windows partition, I should have no worries about data corruption?
     
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  12. Thomas

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    I do it all the time, to my external HDD(NTFS).
    Easy, no corrupted data.
     
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    Remember the old days when many would create a FAT32 partition to share files? Thank god those days are over.....lol
     
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    I am still doing this and thought it was the only good way :eek: :( :cry:
     
    The Fire Snake, Jul 28, 2008
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    Just wait, I'm sure Microsoft has a new filesystem up their sleeve for Windows 7.

    Only NTFS-3G is reliable for writes, it's a FUSE filesystem. If you're using the NTFS support in the kernel I'm not sure it even supports writes, but it's definitely not reliable.

    Regarding ODF/OXML there's a converter here. I have no idea if it's reliable, so use at your own risk. Also, Microsoft has openly admitted that ODF has won, so should be providing their own solution eventually, if they haven't already (sorry, I don't really follow it)
     
    Ethyriel, Jul 29, 2008
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