Hello Michael, I'm CCing the list.
On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:51:25 +0300 Michael Vasiliev <[email protected]> wrote: > The Tuxera one. Tuxera was formed exactly for selling the optimized > version of ntfs-3g, by the same author. I guess it's his way of > earning a buck. It's also a way to make sure that ntfs-3g remains less optimised, and its users more unhappy. But I guess that's life. Regards, Shlomi Fish > > On Friday 31 August 2012 14:34:37 you wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > > > On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:54:11 +0300 > > > > Michael Vasiliev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The ntfs-3g driver is not exactly the optimal thing for NTFS, it > > > consumes a lot of CPU, the commercial version of this driver lifts > > > that limitation. > > > > Well, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTFS#Linux lists two commercial > > drivers: > > > > 1. Tuxera NTFS: High-performance read/write commercial kernel > > driver, mainly targeted for embedded devices from Tuxera, which > > also develops the open source NTFS-3G driver. > > > > 2. NTFS for Linux: A commercial driver with full read/write support > > is available as free and non-free download(s) for Desktop and > > Embedded Linux systems from Paragon Software Group. > > > > Which one do you mean? Not that I can really use anyone, but it is > > worrying that Tuxera maintains both NTFS-3G and a commercial > > version. > > > > Regards, > > > > Shlomi Fish > > > > > On Thursday 30 August 2012 21:43:21 Shlomi Fish wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > ( I'm writing this message from my GMail.com account due to > > > > email problems from [email protected] with respect to the > > > > Linux-IL mailing list. Please reply to the list so I'll get > > > > your messages in all of my accounts.) > > > > > > > > I have a laptop with the following specifications: > > > > > > > > « > > > > > > > > I also have an Acer Aspire 5738DZG laptop with the following > > > > specs: Intel Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4300 @ 2.10GHz. (x86-64). > > > > ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570 (r700) > > > > 15.6״ 3D HD LCD Screen. > > > > 3 GB Memory > > > > 320 GB Hard Disk Drive. > > > > “DVD Super Multi DL drive” > > > > Acer Nplify™ 802.11b/g/n. > > > > > > > > » > > > > > > > > Now it dual boots between Windows 7 x86-64 (which I hardly use) > > > > and Mageia Linux 2 x86-64. Since I have a lot of space in my > > > > Windows 7 partition, I decided to use it to store many of my > > > > music files, so they get stored at /media/win_d/Music/mp3 , > > > > which has this as its /etc/fstab > > > > entry: > > > > > > > > UUID=24A43690A4366488 /media/win_d ntfs-3g defaults,umask=022 0 > > > > 0 > > > > > > > > Now, if I view this directory using a tab of KDE-4.8.x's > > > > Konqueror in file manager mode (in order to select and drag and > > > > drop files to my media player), I see > > > > ntfs-3g constantly consuming roughly 18% of my CPU, which I > > > > suspect causes the laptop to overheat. > > > > > > > > I checked and ntfs-3g also consumes CPU if I run «ls -l > > > > /media/win_d/Music/mp3/» on the command line, so > > > > I guess that Konqueror constantly rescans that directory for > > > > detecting changes. > > > > > > > > Can anyone tell me how I can prevent Konqueror from consuming a > > > > lot of CPU this way? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > -- Shlomi Fish > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Linux-il mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ "Star Trek: We, the Living Dead" - http://shlom.in/st-wtld Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. — http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mohandas_Gandhi (Disputed) Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
