▲ 3 ▼ Microsoft is getting rid of the following File Explorer features on Windows 11 (www.windowscentral.com) submitted 3 years ago by Cal@kbin.social to c/tech@kbin.social 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments You can say goodbye to these legacy File Explorer options on Windows 11
[–] Kaldo@kbin.social 0 points 3 years ago (2 children) (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ I have like 4 drives at minimum and knowing where I am at a glance is nice, is there no hope permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pseu@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Linux doesn't show drive letters because it doesn't use drive letters at all. Instead, everything is a file off of the root directory. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Maybe Linux has an alternative way to show drives. Idk I haven't tried Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Boabab@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Linux has a very different file-structure, which is the way your files are organized on a system. It's a bit weird at first, but once you get used to it makes a lot of sense. A second drive can often be found at /mnt/DRIVENAME or /media/DRIVENAME. But they show up in the file manager in a list anyhow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) That's for mounting, yeah, but when it comes to interacting with the hardware, Linux itself uses letters for some types of devices. For example, serial-connected ones (e.g. SATA internal drives, USB external drives) are /dev/sdx (x being a letter from A-Z). I don't know what happens when all letters are used up though, maybe someone can chime in there? NVMe uses numbers it seems - my boot drive is /dev/nvme0n1 There are other ways to access devices and partitions besides that though. I just had to put EndeavourOS on a flash drive and the Arch Wiki recommended doing this by targeting the drive via /dev/disk/by-id/, which lists connected drives by name, connectivity and serial number. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eltimablo@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* When all the letters are used up, it goes into doubles, i.e. /dev/sdaa, /dev/sdab, and then triples, I believe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Boabab@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's totally true and somehow it didn't think of it. I think that is the closest equivalent of the Windows naming scheme on storage devices. But on the contrary: I believe on Windows the drive letters ( C:, D;, etc) ARE used for recognition (by the user) while the drive is already mounted. But you can also mount them without assigning a drive letter, making it somewhat different than how it's handled in Linux. On Linux, the (average) user usually doesn't see stuff like "/dev/sda" unless they specifically look for it. At most, they will see the name that are assigned to the drive and it's mounting point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* Pretty much, yeah. I think Windows uses something like \\PhysicalDisk0 internally, then shows it to the user with lettering. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pseu@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago Linux doesn't show drive letters because it doesn't use drive letters at all. Instead, everything is a file off of the root directory. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Maybe Linux has an alternative way to show drives. Idk I haven't tried Linux. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Boabab@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Linux has a very different file-structure, which is the way your files are organized on a system. It's a bit weird at first, but once you get used to it makes a lot of sense. A second drive can often be found at /mnt/DRIVENAME or /media/DRIVENAME. But they show up in the file manager in a list anyhow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) That's for mounting, yeah, but when it comes to interacting with the hardware, Linux itself uses letters for some types of devices. For example, serial-connected ones (e.g. SATA internal drives, USB external drives) are /dev/sdx (x being a letter from A-Z). I don't know what happens when all letters are used up though, maybe someone can chime in there? NVMe uses numbers it seems - my boot drive is /dev/nvme0n1 There are other ways to access devices and partitions besides that though. I just had to put EndeavourOS on a flash drive and the Arch Wiki recommended doing this by targeting the drive via /dev/disk/by-id/, which lists connected drives by name, connectivity and serial number. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eltimablo@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* When all the letters are used up, it goes into doubles, i.e. /dev/sdaa, /dev/sdab, and then triples, I believe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Boabab@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's totally true and somehow it didn't think of it. I think that is the closest equivalent of the Windows naming scheme on storage devices. But on the contrary: I believe on Windows the drive letters ( C:, D;, etc) ARE used for recognition (by the user) while the drive is already mounted. But you can also mount them without assigning a drive letter, making it somewhat different than how it's handled in Linux. On Linux, the (average) user usually doesn't see stuff like "/dev/sda" unless they specifically look for it. At most, they will see the name that are assigned to the drive and it's mounting point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* Pretty much, yeah. I think Windows uses something like \\PhysicalDisk0 internally, then shows it to the user with lettering. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Boabab@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Linux has a very different file-structure, which is the way your files are organized on a system. It's a bit weird at first, but once you get used to it makes a lot of sense. A second drive can often be found at /mnt/DRIVENAME or /media/DRIVENAME. But they show up in the file manager in a list anyhow. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) That's for mounting, yeah, but when it comes to interacting with the hardware, Linux itself uses letters for some types of devices. For example, serial-connected ones (e.g. SATA internal drives, USB external drives) are /dev/sdx (x being a letter from A-Z). I don't know what happens when all letters are used up though, maybe someone can chime in there? NVMe uses numbers it seems - my boot drive is /dev/nvme0n1 There are other ways to access devices and partitions besides that though. I just had to put EndeavourOS on a flash drive and the Arch Wiki recommended doing this by targeting the drive via /dev/disk/by-id/, which lists connected drives by name, connectivity and serial number. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eltimablo@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* When all the letters are used up, it goes into doubles, i.e. /dev/sdaa, /dev/sdab, and then triples, I believe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Boabab@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's totally true and somehow it didn't think of it. I think that is the closest equivalent of the Windows naming scheme on storage devices. But on the contrary: I believe on Windows the drive letters ( C:, D;, etc) ARE used for recognition (by the user) while the drive is already mounted. But you can also mount them without assigning a drive letter, making it somewhat different than how it's handled in Linux. On Linux, the (average) user usually doesn't see stuff like "/dev/sda" unless they specifically look for it. At most, they will see the name that are assigned to the drive and it's mounting point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* Pretty much, yeah. I think Windows uses something like \\PhysicalDisk0 internally, then shows it to the user with lettering. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children) That's for mounting, yeah, but when it comes to interacting with the hardware, Linux itself uses letters for some types of devices. For example, serial-connected ones (e.g. SATA internal drives, USB external drives) are /dev/sdx (x being a letter from A-Z). I don't know what happens when all letters are used up though, maybe someone can chime in there? NVMe uses numbers it seems - my boot drive is /dev/nvme0n1 There are other ways to access devices and partitions besides that though. I just had to put EndeavourOS on a flash drive and the Arch Wiki recommended doing this by targeting the drive via /dev/disk/by-id/, which lists connected drives by name, connectivity and serial number. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] eltimablo@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* When all the letters are used up, it goes into doubles, i.e. /dev/sdaa, /dev/sdab, and then triples, I believe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Boabab@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's totally true and somehow it didn't think of it. I think that is the closest equivalent of the Windows naming scheme on storage devices. But on the contrary: I believe on Windows the drive letters ( C:, D;, etc) ARE used for recognition (by the user) while the drive is already mounted. But you can also mount them without assigning a drive letter, making it somewhat different than how it's handled in Linux. On Linux, the (average) user usually doesn't see stuff like "/dev/sda" unless they specifically look for it. At most, they will see the name that are assigned to the drive and it's mounting point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* Pretty much, yeah. I think Windows uses something like \\PhysicalDisk0 internally, then shows it to the user with lettering. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eltimablo@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* When all the letters are used up, it goes into doubles, i.e. /dev/sdaa, /dev/sdab, and then triples, I believe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Boabab@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) That's totally true and somehow it didn't think of it. I think that is the closest equivalent of the Windows naming scheme on storage devices. But on the contrary: I believe on Windows the drive letters ( C:, D;, etc) ARE used for recognition (by the user) while the drive is already mounted. But you can also mount them without assigning a drive letter, making it somewhat different than how it's handled in Linux. On Linux, the (average) user usually doesn't see stuff like "/dev/sda" unless they specifically look for it. At most, they will see the name that are assigned to the drive and it's mounting point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* Pretty much, yeah. I think Windows uses something like \\PhysicalDisk0 internally, then shows it to the user with lettering. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Flaky@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago* Pretty much, yeah. I think Windows uses something like \\PhysicalDisk0 internally, then shows it to the user with lettering. permalink fedilink source parent