*Hi,* * * *First of all it should be clarified that fuse (and macfuse) is a development library that provides easy mechanism to implement filesystems. Fuse is not a end-user application, it is a library that is used by developers.
> Between Fuse4X and OSXFUSE which do you prefer. The answer to this question depends on who you are. Are you a user or a filesystem developer? If you are a user then the answer is "This is a wrong type of question". This is like asking “what should I choose OpenGL or DirectX for my Quake game?”. Remember that you do not use fuse directly, what you use is filesystem (such as sshfs, ntfs-3g, bindfs, ...). And you have no choice - you have to install the library that has been chosen by the author of filesystem you use. If the filesystem was compiled against fuse4x - you have to install fuse4x, if it was compiled against osxfuse then you have to install osxfuse. If you are software developer that develops a filesystem and trying to choose a fuse dialect for macosx, then: - If you already have a macosx-specific filesystem, you used macfuse for a long time and don't want to change anything (such as recompile your application), then your choice is osxfuse. It is closer to the original macfuse. - If you are porting a filesystem from Linux to MacOSX and need a fuse library that works the same way on both platforms then you should choose fuse4x. Fuse4X aims to follow upstream as close as possible. - In other cases you can choose any - both libraries should work fine for you. PS. I found it a bit weird that many users ask questions like “what library to use” or “I installed macfuse but still cannot read my ntfs partition”. The reason I think is a lack of standard package manager in macosx when users in addition to a filesystem have to install macfuse developement package. This makes people think that macfuse is *THE* application that provides access to NTFS partitions/remote ssh folders etc.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacFUSE" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/macfuse/-/5MOdOvIuL2AJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macfuse?hl=en.
