btrfs
WinBtrfs - an open-source btrfs driver for Windows (by maharmstone)
winapps
Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration. (by Fmstrat)
| btrfs | winapps | |
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| 220 | 292 | |
| 5,312 | 7,933 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.4 | 2.7 | |
| about 2 months ago | 11 days ago | |
| C | Shell | |
| 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.
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
winapps
Posts with mentions or reviews of winapps.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-09.
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What are some of your favorite Linux apps that you use
This one might be controversial, but Winapps for Linux, app that lets run apps from within a Windows KVM as if it were native on your Linux system (https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps)
- Idk what to do 😭
- How viable is it to use a Windows Virtual Machine in Linux?
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Does Visual Studio 2022 exist on Arch Linux?
Yes but you have to run visual studios in a windows virtual machine qemu/kvm/virtmanager Then pass virtual studio window to your desktop so it runs like it is native https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps optional Then use winapps to make a desktop and application launcher menu entry/icon
- STOP USING WINE. DARE
- Should I switch to Linux as a guitarist?
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Working/Switching seamlessly between Linux and Windows - Ideas?
There's something called winapps which works over RDP, but you better have good specs so you get good performance. I recommend using parsec with a VM if you can passthrough a seperate GPU otherwise. https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps
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Running Windows VM in virtualized OpenSUSE = black screen
The aim of this exercise was to test run WinApps (https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps).
- Want to use Linux, but forced to use Office 365. Any workarounds?
- Any news from the past 6 months?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing btrfs and winapps you can also consider the following projects:
SteamNTFS - Using Steam and NTFS more securely
wine
BorgBackup - Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.
cassowary - Run Windows Applications on Linux as if they are native, Use linux applications to launch files files located in windows vm without needing to install applications on vm. With easy to use configuration GUI
Ext4Fsd - Ext4 file system driver for Windows
ArchWSL - ArchLinux based WSL Distribution. Supports multiple install.
ntfs-3g - NTFS-3G Safe Read/Write NTFS Driver
Awesome-Linux-Software - 🐧 A list of awesome Linux softwares
Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components
lutris - Lutris desktop client
ntfs2btrfs
waydroid - Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu.