SteamNTFS
Using Steam and NTFS more securely (by FizzleFuze)
btrfs
WinBtrfs - an open-source btrfs driver for Windows (by maharmstone)
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almost 3 years ago | about 2 months ago | |
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GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
SteamNTFS
Posts with mentions or reviews of SteamNTFS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-18.
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Is NTFS viable in a HD for linux games and flie sharing between Linux and Windows?
Alternatively, see this guide for a more secure method to use NTFS and Steam: - https://github.com/FizzleFuze/SteamNTFS/blob/main/README.md
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Can I share Steam games files between Windows and Linux? So that I would not need to install same games twice.
Yes, you can use games on an NTFS drive. Here are the instructions. It's not too hard, but you need to do a bit of terminal fiddling.
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If I move to Linux, do I need to buy all my games again
You have to properly configure your NTFS drive. It's not too hard. Valve does officially support this for Proton, but the first link is a better way of doing it. It also works for Linux native titles, but really there's no reason to put them on an NTFS drive. Keep in mind, if you reboot between Windows and Linux, you should move any games with native Linux versions to your Linux drive or else Steam will try to redownload the games for their respective platforms every time you switch.
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Help needed! Can't play Proton games
you can use ntfs storage , here's the procedure i use to run my games from an old windows ssd : link , i have had zero luck trying to install games on a ntfs drive through lutris. Also to be noted that steam's beta update detects all drives that are not ext4 as well.
- Rocket league failing to launch using Proton on Steam
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The actual migration step of migrating.
For migrating your Steam Library, you can just use the one you have now for the most part. Steam has never done anything fancy with the library, you just add the folder and it'll detect it. If you don't have another hard drive or partition that's formatted as EXT4 to copy them over to, you can mount NTFS with the right permissions to allow it to work. EXT4 is faster and more stable, but this works as a short-term solution, and a solution that allows you to swap back to Windows and keep your games. However, I would recommend moving games that are native over to a Linux partition in that case, because otherwise they will redownload every time you swap between operating systems, and most developers don't set up their depots optimally so you will redownload the entire game rather than just the executable portions.
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STEAMOS, uses ext4 for the SD card. Problem for those dual booting with windows 11?
Steam & NTFS: The More Secure Way
- Unable to launch any Windows games from NTFS drive
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Proton seemingly randomly stopped working.
Hey, I tried following the link you put before posting this, but to no real avail. However, I tried this link you put in another reply, and games will actually open now!
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Games stored on alternate drive won't launch.
Just want to add, there's a better way of doing this. Rather than forcing permissions across the board, just using the permissions option tells ntfs-3g to create a little file to track Linux permissions in. More secure and more stable that way.
btrfs
Posts with mentions or reviews of btrfs.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-06.
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WinBtrfs – an open-source btrfs driver for Windows
> I'd gladly throw my credit card at it
https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs?tab=readme-ov-file#dona...
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Bug Hunting in Btrfs
Can this be used? I knew ReactOS would use it natively.
https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs
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And so it begins. Im debating on weather to go BTRFS or NTFS.
I loose out on BTRFS snapshotting and subvolumes then. And if you look at winbtrefs it’s more than a hobbiest project. It has quite active development progress constantly https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs
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Software for syncing files between NTFS and Btrfs partitions.
I've installed the WinBtrfs driver on Windows, which supports read/write support for Btrfs partitions.
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Steam Deck dualboot. How to share storage?
Install WinBTRFS so Windows can read the file BTRFS file system.
- Is there ways to backup only modified files to a local drive?
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Best SSD file format to use between fedora and windows
I don’t know if that tool allows to write but this GitHub page https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs seems mature enough. I am still unsure to trust it because I could bork my SSD and files
- How will a micro sd card work on a dual booted steam deck?
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Uh oh. Used WinBtrfs to run a balance check on the partition with the Linux OS on it and now the drive is locked and it's booting into emergency mode
https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs scroll down to mappings and that *should help with sharing things between both OSes.
- For Dual-Boot Steam Deck Users: Share a Single MicroSD card on both SteamOS & Windows 10/11 Guide
What are some alternatives?
When comparing SteamNTFS and btrfs you can also consider the following projects:
Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.