[Bug 32643] Re: [Bug 32643] Failure to 'get it'.
Charles, The trade-off for mounting USB devices sync would be faster wear and tear on the drive, along with applications hanging for longer periods of time while trying to write data. Even operating systems that mount sync (Linux OR Windows or whatever) do not make it safe to yank out USB devices. That still leaves the possible of corrupted filesystem metadata structures -- I've interned at the IT desk for a large company before and I've personally seen cases (multiple) on windows XP where FAT32 thumb drives were unrecoverably corrupted due to improper removal. Mounting 'sync' does exactly what XP tells you: Optimize for quick removal. In other words, the "unmounting" (safely remove hardware) option executes faster, but you still have to do it. Never ever is it safe to yank thumb drives out of systems -- windows or linux. Just because you got away with it before doesn't make it safe! -- unmounting of removable drives should show a progress dialog https://launchpad.net/bugs/32643 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 32643] Failure to 'get it'.
Sorry, I was unclear. On every non-unix device, USB keys and drives are updated as soon as possible. There is never a several minute delay before data is written. No unmount, no file browser, it just works. If I loose data in my checkbook program (KMyMoney), then Ubuntu and not the user is broken. -- unmounting of removable drives should show a progress dialog https://launchpad.net/bugs/32643 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 32643] Failure to 'get it'.
I read the comments here and the crosslinked bugs. While many people are being helpful. I think you fail to 'get it'. Right now, USB drives are catastrophically broken. A user saying "you can't use USB devices on Ubuntu" are correct. -- unmounting of removable drives should show a progress dialog https://launchpad.net/bugs/32643 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
