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Linus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred For Case-Insensitive File-Systems (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 2 days ago (2 children)

remember when windows could only handle 8 characters and longer names ended in ~1

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 1 day ago

No because that's not a thing in the way you've described it

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 26 points 2 days ago

To be precise, longer names ending with ~1 are a backwards compatible fix for DOS programs introduced after Windows started supporting longer filenames.