We are happy to announce the next stable release of NTFS-3G and ntfsprogs.

The source code is available at

git clone git://ntfs-3g.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g

The package contains the following improvements, changes and fixes:

• ntfs-3g: fixed device path canonicalization for use by devmapper
• ntfs-3g: fixed setting DOS names when defined with lower-case chars
• ntfs-3g: fixed attribute flags controlling recursive writes
• ntfs-3g: fixed compilation on OpenIndiana
• ntfs-3g: fixed options parsing on OSes with no extended attributes
• ntfs-3g: fixed relatime as a default mount option
• ntfs-3g: fixed endless recursion when MFT extents are described by themselves
• ntfs-3g: fixed the description of inherit option
• ntfs-3g: fixed overwriting a truncated file
• ntfs-3g: fixed truncation of DOS file names (12 ntfschars, not 12 utf8 chars)
• ntfs-3g: fixed the setting of attributes by secaudit (index not synced)
• ntfs-3g: faster compression
• ntfs-3g: new option delay_mtime to delay updates of mtime+ctime
• ntfsfix: new option -d to clear the dirty flag if fix is successful
• ntfsfix: fixed volume dirty flag test
• ntfsfix: new option to clear the list of bad sectors
• ntfsfix: fixed compilation on Sparc
• ntfsfix: fixed a bug causing a segmentation violation
• ntfsfix: repair self-located MFT data bug
• ntfscp: fix free space calculation
• ntfscp: support compression
• ntfsresize: implemented expanding runlists
• ntfsresize: updated the description of the -f option
• ntfsresize: expand an NTFS volume downwards
• ntfsclone: backup bootsector not be to accounted for
• ntfsclone: creating/restoring a metadata image
• ntfsundelete: try to recover the file name when undeleting
• ntfsundelete: use inode number to name unnamed files
• ntfswipe: Big endian and other fixes
• secaudit: prefixed owner and group SID in ACL display
• library: fixed big cluster support using 4kB sector disk
• library: fixed huge data writes
• library: use transparent compression by default
• library: fixed several bad returns in error conditions
• library: enabled getting the sector size on FreeBSD and MacOSX
• build: fixed “make libs” to only build libraries

The stable release is available at

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

Many thanks to Jean-Pierre Andre, Erik Larsson and many other contributors!

Tuxera Open Source Team

• Wireless interoperability and remote management

There’s currently a lot of approaches for wireless streaming inside the home. There’s DLNA, there’s Airplay, there’s WiDi and there’s a host of proprietary company specific approaches. Some companies presented simple solutions just to get old devices into the connected world. A good example is Skifta from Qualcomm Atheros, basically a small wifi box with audio out. You control the thing with a mobile app.

• Android is the innovation platform

Android is everywhere and getting better every year as we go. At least I came to the conclusion the latest Android 4 phones on display have passed Apple in both form factor and specs. Android is clearly the leading innovation platform, the one where all the cool hardware and system software innovation takes place first. Both Apple and Microsoft are seriously trailing in that regard. Still, despite Google’s “Smart Home” talk where Android runs also inside your refrigerator it is still too early to say Google would end up being the interface in all devices in the future. What has been demoed on Android will work on other Linux based systems as well.

Apple® today announced that in just one day, over one million users bought and downloaded Mac OS® X Lion, the eighth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system… users are buying Lion faster than any other OS release in Apple’s history.

Now that’s just huge!

While the popularity of Mac is skyrocketing to new records, we’re also seeing more and more people using multiple operating systems and not just one. Windows is not disappearing any time soon and remains the number one choice in many homes and workplaces alike. This means that Macs also need full, rock solid Windows interoperability. Many of those new to Mac bring with them Microsoft Windows formatted hard drives and may continue to use Windows still on the side. And the chances are high that as a Mac user you will need to exchange large amounts of data with friends and colleagues who stay on Windows.

This is where Tuxera NTFS for Mac comes to help. With complete support to OS X Lion, Tuxera NTFS for Mac adds full read and write compatibility with all Windows-formatted drives.

We are very proud to have been flooded by positive feedback on how Tuxera NTFS for Mac is working now smoothly on Mac OS X Lion. Thank you to every one of you!

For those of you who haven’t yet upgraded your system, we urge you to download and install the latest stable version 2011.4.1 which was released already on June 20th.

Last but not least I’d like to remind that once you buy a Tuxera NTFS for Mac license you will get future releases free of charge.

See more information:

• Tuxera Integrates NTFS, exFAT, FAT32 and HFS+ into Intel® Atom™ Solutions, MeeGo Linux
• Tuxera Launches Tuxera File System Suite, First to Combine NTFS, exFAT and HFS+ for Android
• Tuxera Extends exFAT and NTFS Support to QNX Neutrino RTOS
• Tuxera exFAT Now Available for Android and Linux
• Tuxera Becomes SD Association Member to Meet the Industry Needs in Data Portability
• Tuxera Signs Intellectual Property Agreement with Microsoft

We are happy to announce the stable, merged release of ntfsprogs and NTFS-3G.

The merged codebase will help to avoid duplicated maintenance of the large, complex NTFS codebase, so development can focus on enhanced unctionality,
reliability, and interoperability in the future.

Several alternatives have been considered how to organize the code (library, tools, driver). The preferred solution is the simplest way which is one large package, like Samba. So, there will be need to install only one NTFS package (ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs), not two (ntfsprogs, ntfs-3g).

The code and status is available at

git clone git://ntfs-3g.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs

The new package is a compatible, drop-in replacement for both ntfs-3g and ntfsprogs.

The package contains the following improvements, changes and fixes:

• ntfs-3g: fixed possible wrong hole size when overwriting compressed data.
• ntfs-3g: fixed listxattr() to environments with extended attributes.
• ntfs-3g: fixed ENOSPC when making an index non-resident.
• ntfs-3g: fixed partial mapping ahead of mapped runlist.
• ntfs-3g: enabled forensic mounting (currently same as read-only).
• ntfs-3g: expand an attribute without creating a hole.
• ntfs-3g: improved appending data to a long hole.
• ntfs-3g: deny direct modifications to metadata files.
• ntfs-3g: option ‘acl’ to request the use of Posix ACLs.
• ntfsclone: fixed reading old big-endian ntfsclone images.
• ntfsclone: avoided writing beyond allocated variable.
• ntfsclone: close volume and cleanup when exiting.
• ntfsclone: new option not to clear the timestamps.
• ntfsclone: sync created image before remounting.
• ntfsclone: use a stream to produce aligned writes during image creation.
• ntfsinfo: display times in UTC.
• mkntfs: don’t store full bitmap and logfile in memory.
• mkntfs: set a volume UUID if option -U.
• mkntfs: fixed $MFT allocated size.
• mkntfs: fixed allocated size of resident unnamed data.
• ntfsfix: new option -n for no action.
• ntfsfix: try alternate boot sector if cannot start up.
• ntfsfix: check and fix the upcase table.
• ntfsfix: try to fix file systems with incorrect size.
• ntfsundelete: fixed a segfault.
• ntfsresize: new option –info-mb-only.
• ntfsresize: new option –check.

The release candidate is available at

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

Many thanks to Jean-Pierre Andre and Erik Larsson to make this happen!

Tuxera Open Source Team

The new stable NTFS-3G release contains the following improvements, changes and fixes:

• New: implemented fsync() and fsyncdir().
• New: implemented the ‘sync’ mount option.
• New: sanity check upcase table.
• New: added a big-endian extended attribute name for attrib and times.
• New: added an extended attribute name for creation time.
• New: enable renaming of system extended attributes.
• Change: improved appending data to fragmented files.
• Change: improved rebuilding a runlist.
• Change: improved comparing filename on big-endian CPUs.
• Fixed stat(2) for system files with no data.
• Fixed alignment on cached structures.
• Fixed Posix ACLs for big-endian CPUs.
• Fixed deleting files using ignore_case option.
• Fixed allocated size when an attribute update causes unnamed data to be expelled.

The latest release of the software is available at http://www.tuxera.com/

Enjoy!

Tuxera Open Source Team

HELSINKI, FINLAND – October 27, 2010 – Tuxera, the leading provider of interoperable file systems for Android, Linux, Mac and other platforms, today announced Tuxera File System Suite, the industry’s most comprehensive interoperability package consisting of Tuxera NTFS, exFAT and HFS+ file systems as well as Tuxera’s most popular storage management tools. With the announcement, Tuxera added HFS+ file system into its product line already consisting of Tuxera NTFS and exFAT solutions. Tuxera thus became the first and only vendor to offer all three of the most popular modern interoperable file systems replacing the aging FAT32 in a turnkey solution.

Tuxera File System Suite has been developed together with Tuxera’s customers to address the needs for high-performance Windows and Mac interoperability in Android and Linux-based consumer electronics. Tuxera’s market-leading file system solutions power set-top boxes, multimedia devices, routers, NAS products, automotive infotainment systems, mobile phones and tablets from the leading brands. Tuxera works together with chipset companies to provide better time to market, up-to-date performance metrics, and dedicated customer support. Tuxera File System Suite components have been successfully integrated and tested on the most popular chipsets delivering outstanding read and write speeds. For example Tuxera’s NTFS solution with Tuxera’s patent-pending performance optimization technology now outpaces the most popular Android and Linux file systems as well as any alternative NTFS solutions in the markets today.

“We have seen the convergence of interoperable file system solutions,” noted Szabolcs Szakacsits, Tuxera CTO. “For many applications there is not just one right interoperability solution but there can be need to support several file systems at the same time. NTFS is still the most popular overall solution over USB and SATA but Apple’s rising market share has increased the demand for reliable HFS+. Further, the ever-expanding uses of SD card interfaces call for exFAT. We have successfully established Tuxera exFAT as the natural first choice in the markets with strong support from Microsoft.”

Tuxera CEO Mikko Välimäki continues: “We are pleased to launch the industry’s first and most comprehensive file system interoperability package. Working closely together with operating system manufacturers, chipset vendors, and the increasing customer base Tuxera File System Suite delivers the best possible reliability and the industry’s fastest performance.”

Tuxera File System Suite combines Tuxera NTFS, exFAT, HFS+ and Storage Management Tools including format and repair into one cost-effective package. Users can pick the right file system with Tuxera’s expert service and support more easily than before and get to the markets faster.

Tuxera File System Suite is now available for Android and Linux deployments. Please contact sales@tuxera.com for more information.

For more information, please contact:

Mikko Välimäki
CEO, Tuxera Inc.
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About Tuxera. Tuxera is the leading provider of file systems that allow music, pictures, videos and other content to be ported across devices. With Tuxera file systems inside, users experience plug and play interoperability with their laptops, digital cameras, set-top-boxes, mobile phones and other consumer electronics. Building on the success of open source, Tuxera’s industry-standard NTFS and exFAT solutions for Linux, Android, Mac OS X and other platforms have over 30 million installations. Close collaboration with Microsoft ensures reliable compatibility and helps Tuxera to set the standard in high-performance, low power use for embedded and mobile solutions. Tuxera’s customers include leading hardware, software, and consumer electronics companies. For more information, please visit www.tuxera.com.

On the left you have two USB ports and on the right a removable hard drive bay circled. You can plug any NTFS-formatted portable hard drive or USB stick full of high-definition movies into the USB ports and it is plug & play. The same goes for the hard drive bay: take your NTFS-formatted drive from your Windows box and it works seamlessly with the Syabas media tank without any additional drivers.

We think Syabas’ example shows where the market is going. With both disk and file sizes growing, NTFS is currently the best — and in increasing cases the only — format option if you want your storage media to work plug & play with all computers from PCs to Macs and Linuxes as well as the latest consumer electronic devices.

This time Tuxera has record number of software releases! The topics:

• Stable NTFS-3G 2010.5.22
• NTFS-3G 2010.6.31-RC Release Candidate
• NTFS-3G for Mac 2010.5.22
• Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2010.6-RC Release Candidate

The stable NTFS-3G 2010.5.22 release is a minor update which addresses creating the missing usermap and secaudit utilities.

The software is available at

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

The new NTFS-3G 2010.6.31-RC release candidate contains exciting, major improvements, and the below changes and fixes:

• New: Full, transparent, read-write compression support.
• New: Two new mount options: compression and nocompression (default).
• New: Introduced windows_names mount option to enforce only Windows names.
• Change: Re-enabled compression in root directory.
• Change: Reversed default for showing/hiding hidden files.
• Change: Redefined default user mapping.
• Change: Marked files whose name has a dot initial as “hidden” if option hide_dot_files is used.
• Change: Renamed option default_permissions to permissions.
• Fixed use of utimensat() with external fuse older than 2.8.
• Fixed a hang when reading a corrupt compressed file.
• Fixed a possible crash when creating a stream.
• Fixed all reported and found compressed write related bugs.

Download it from the below web page

http://www.tuxera.com/community/ntfs-3g-download/

The long awaited NTFS-3G for Mac 2010.5.22 is also here. Changes since the last release:

• Everything which is included in stable NTFS-3G 2010.5.22.
• Fix: NTFS-3G for Mac could “hijack” non-NTFS volumes in extremely rare cases, leaving them unmountable until NTFS-3g for Mac was disabled.
• Fix: The NTFS-3G for Mac preference pane will no longer leave zombie processes behind.

For more information please see

http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/2010/06/ntfs-3g-for-mac-os-x-2010522.html

The latest release candidate of Tuxera NTFS for Mac, our high-performance commercial NTFS driver is out as well.

Changes since Tuxera NTFS for Mac 2010.1:

• Extended attribute support. Tuxera NTFS for Mac now supports storing Mac streams such as Finder information and resource forks as extended attributes, translating to Alternate Data Streams in Windows terminology. This means that NTFS drives will no longer be littered with ‘._’ (AppleDouble) files. Services For Mac attributes are used for the special attributes ‘com.apple.FinderInfo’ and ‘com.apple.ResourceFork’.
• Support for storing the Mac OS backup timestamp.
• All new features, enhancements and fixes included in stable NTFS-3G for Mac 2010.5.22.

Please see more at

http://macntfs-3g.blogspot.com/

Enjoy!

Tuxera Open Source Team