On 4/2/2023 21:15, Felix Miata wrote:
# zypse exfat | exfat-utils | package | 1.4.0-1.2 | x86_64 | OSS | exfatprogs | package | 1.2.0-1.2 | x86_64 | OSS | fuse-exfat | package | 1.4.0-1.1 | x86_64 | OSS # zypper info exfat-utils ... These utils/progs packages seem to be the same thing. Are they? Which should I install for making and maintaining USB sticks that both Win10 and Linux like? Other than exfat-utils has a newer latest release on github, what's the difference? Is fuse required additionally, or instead? Is it only intended for use with older kernels lacking exfat support?
If you look at the upstream URLs, you will see that fuse-exfat and exfat-utils are provided by the same source. exfatprogs is a different implementation of what appears to be the same functionality as exfat-utils (i.e. programs to make, check etc exfat filesystems). FUSE is the userspace filesystem framework. So whereas presumably the kernel has builtin exfat support, fuse-exfat would allow you to use FUSE to make mounts of exfat FS as a regular user. -- Jason Craig