EXFAT on TW?

3 Apr 2023


      # 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
...
Information for package exfat-utils:
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Repository     : OSS
Name           : exfat-utils
Version        : 1.4.0-1.2
Arch           : x86_64
Vendor         : openSUSE
Installed Size : 219.2 KiB
Installed      : No
Status         : not installed
Source package : exfat-utils-1.4.0-1.2.src
Upstream URL   : https://github.com/relan/exfat
Summary        : Utilities for exFAT file system
Description    :
    A set of utilities for creating, checking, dumping and labelling exFAT file
    system.

# zypper info exfatprogs
...
Information for package exfatprogs:
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Repository     : OSS
Name           : exfatprogs
Version        : 1.2.0-1.2
Arch           : x86_64
Vendor         : openSUSE
Installed Size : 220.1 KiB
Installed      : No
Status         : not installed
Source package : exfatprogs-1.2.0-1.2.src
Upstream URL   : https://github.com/exfatprogs/exfatprogs
Summary        : Utilities for exFAT file system maintenance
Description    :
    A set of utilities for creating, checking, dumping and labelling exFAT file
    system.
# zypper info fuse-exfat
...
Information for package fuse-exfat:
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Repository     : OSS
Name           : fuse-exfat
Version        : 1.4.0-1.1
Arch           : x86_64
Vendor         : openSUSE
Installed Size : 79.2 KiB
Installed      : No
Status         : not installed
Source package : fuse-exfat-1.4.0-1.1.src
Upstream URL   : https://github.com/relan/exfat
Summary        : exFAT file system implementation
Description    :
    This driver is an exFAT file system implementation with write
    support. exFAT is a simple file system created by Microsoft. It is
    intended to replace FAT32, removing some of its limitations. exFAT is
    a standard FS for SDXC memory cards.

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? 
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