By contrast, exFAT—the filesystem whose Linux kernel implementation Paragon is throwing FUD at—is an extremely bare-bones, lightweight filesystem designed for use in embedded devices.

USB flash drives (a.k.a. “thumb” drives) may seem passé in a world where AirDrop and cloud storage solve the file-transfer ...

Put simply, exFAT's inclusion in OIN's Linux System Definition means that the patents behind technology like this can be cross-licensed in a royalty-free manner.

exFAT is proprietary, and Microsoft owns patents on several elements of its design. But Microsoft also has a newfound love for Linux. Microsoft started to open-source .NET and took it cross ...

Microsoft has made its last remaining File Allocation Table (FAT) file system's intellectual property, the Extended FAT (exFAT) patents, available to Linux and open-source developers via the Open ...

Modern flash storage has wear-levelling built into the controller, so doesn't need help from the file system anyway. exFAT is basically an extension of FAT32 to allow for >4GB files.

In its latest gesture to the open-source community, Microsoft Corp. today pledged to make its widely used exFAT file system available on Linux.The software, which is also known as the Extended ...

Today, exFAT remains an important file system and, thanks to the OIN and Microsoft's efforts, it's now royalty-free for OIN members. With over 3,000 members, that means essentially anyone who ...

In the Format window, select exFAT for the file system. The Allocation unit size refers to the chunks of capacity a file can use, with smaller sizes more appropriate for large numbers of tiny files.

Microsoft announced today that it supports the inclusion of its exFAT (Extended File Allocation Table) file system for USB flash drives and SD cards in the Linux kernel through the Open Invention ...