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Release: NTFS-3G + NTFSPROGS 2012.1.15

Greetings,

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

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Szabolcs Szakacsits in file systems, interoperability, linux, mac, ntfs, open source, storage, tuxera

CES day 3

Third and final day for us at this year’s CES kept us busy. Here’s a wrap up of some of the major trends that are close to what we do at Tuxera:

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.

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Mikko Välimäki in android, consumer electronics, embedded systems, interoperability, linux, mobile, phones, tablets

CES day 2

We started the second day with a PR with NETGEAR. Following the previous day’s announcement with Marvell, we wanted to highlight the impact of our work in high performance storage to actual devices on the market:

With the help of Tuxera, NETGEAR’s ReadyNAS Duo v2 and NV+ v2 products feature significantly faster back-up times and seamless user experience with portable storages.

While both Marvell and NETGEAR are key partners for us in the storage segment, Tuxera keeps on working with all the leading chipsets and their different platforms.

Another market we have been investing a lot at Tuxera is automotive infotainment. It is also clearly a growing area for CES. In the first day Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche gave one of the keynotes with the following observation of what’s going on:

Here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas there are some people who view the automobile as an accessory to consumer electronics. Conversely, at the auto show in Detroit there are many people who view consumer electronics as mere trimmings for the car. Both points of view miss the point: as much as a smartphone can be far more than just a tool for communication, a smart car can be more than just a means of transportation. Precisely at the interfaces between communication and mobility, vast potential for innovation lies dormant, and we intend to tap it.

It looks like every second car will have a tablet-like dashboard in the near future — a sort of placeholder for your digital identity. NVIDIA had the top design wins on show like the Lambo pictured above…

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Mikko Välimäki in automotive, consumer electronics, nas, storage, tablets

CES day 1

Annual CES kicked off today. We started the day by getting out a great PR with Marvell. The story is about scalable storage and top performance:

At 129 megabytes per second, Marvell and Tuxera’s NAS solution offers the fastest 2 GHz NAS performance on the market.

Coming to CES is all about meeting with customer and partners. It is always great to see partners thrive. One company I’m very happy we’re doing close cooperation with is Rockchip. They also had a bold announcement:

More than 80 percent of the Chinese tablet market is currently supported by Rockchip – a percentage that would make them a virtual behemoth in North America, clearly entrenching the company as the market leader in that country while laying the foundation for expansion into Europe and North America.

SD Association has its member goodies on show. Nice booth, and a lot of cool technology. Toshiba had the previously demoed FlashAir on show and there was also a related PR from SDA on combining SD memory and wifi chip in the same physical card:

This standard is applicable to full size SD/SDHC/SDXC and microSD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards. It taps into a billions-strong SD standards market for which manufacturers can develop products and consumers can reliably use Wireless LAN applications.

For this vision to become mainstream there is a lot of work to be done in the software side. Something we at Tuxera are working on.

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Mikko Välimäki in android, consumer electronics, mobile, nas, sd, sdxc, storage, tablets

Tuxera Recovery is released!

Tuxera wishes you a happy new year!
We start 2012 with a new release: Tuxera Recovery. After our Beta period, we are very proud to announce the first commercial version of Tuxera Recovery. Thank you for all your valuable feedback. Now we launch an improved and very stable product that will allow you to recover any unintentionally deleted file. Tuxera Recovery supports all Windows versions starting from XP.

The product costs only 25 euros and can be purchased in Tuxera’s webshop:
http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-recovery/

You can always download and try the product before purchasing. If you have feedback on Tuxera Recovery, suggestions on what kind of new features you would want to have, please write us to: recovery AT tuxera DOT com.

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Oscar Santolalla in windows

Release: Tuxera Recovery Beta

We are now announcing the release of Tuxera Recovery (Beta). Tuxera has launched its first Windows application, Tuxera Recovery. This utility will help you to recover unintentionally deleted files from your hard drive, camera, mobile phone, USB stick or any other storage.

For more information, please visit: http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-recovery/ We are happy to receive your feedback, just write us to: recovery@tuxera.com

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Oscar Santolalla in uncategorized

Tuxera NTFS for Mac in COMEX 2011 Singapore

Tuxera NTFS for Mac, our high-performance NTFS driver for Mac OS X systems, will be present in COMEX 2011. This event is Singapore’s Biggest Consumer and IT Technology Exhibition, and will take place September 1-4, 2011 at SUNTEC.

MCL Distribution Pte Ltd., Tuxera’s authorized distributor in Singapore will show the product. In the booth you will be able to see how Tuxera NTFS for Mac works in Mac OS X Lion.

To find us:
SUNTEC Singapore
Hall 6, Booth 6558
Opening Hours : 12 noon to 9pm
Free Admission

Welcome to COMEX 2011!

For general information about Tuxera NTFS for Mac, please write us to macsales@tuxera.com or visit: www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac
For sales information in Singapore, please contact MCL Distribution Pte Ltd: sales@mcldisti.com

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Oscar Santolalla in mac

Lion is here!

Apple’s awaited OS X Lion has been finally released. The delivery is what you can expect from Apple: tons of new features, both for improved user experience and under the hood performance. This is the first time you can upgrade your Mac directly through Mac App Store. According to the numbers:

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.

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Mikko Välimäki in interoperability, mac, ntfs

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