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"NTFS really isn't that bad" - Robert Collins (LCA 2020)
linux.conf.au
Robert Collins explains why rustup installs were painfully slow on Windows and how changes to rustup and Windows cut install time from 3m30s to 14s. The talk covers NTFS, small files and the cost of antivirus hooks on file close.
The go-to reference for why file operations are slow on Windows and how antivirus filters, not NTFS itself, are the cause.
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