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Switching to exFAT

I’ve decided that I’m going to be reformatting my 25 TB of external storage capacity (for storing datasets, backups, etc.) to exFAT. Most of it is currently ext4 or NTFS.

exFAT is great because similar to its predecessor FAT it has read-write compatibility with Linux, Windows, and macOS. But while FAT can only have files as big as 4 GB and partitions of 16 TB, exFAT can do 16 EB for files and 64 ZB for partitions. Lots more room to grow.

It’ll be a slow process since I can only format one drive at a time and need to copy the data to another drive and back again. So far I’ve converted 4 TB of data.

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Plasma Mobile on the PinePhone

Today, I tried out KDE Neon on my PinePhone “Brave Heart” and recorded the following video.

Here is a summary of some of the default apps:

  • Buho – the default note taking app. Notes can be tagged by color, keyword, and organized into “books”. It can also save URLs.
  • Discover – the same KDE software center available on the desktop.
  • Index – the file manager which draws inspiration from Dolphin.
  • KDE Connect – sync your Plasma Mobile phone with your Plasma Desktop.
  • Koko – the photo gallery and viewer. Has some issues with thumbnails.
  • Konsole – the same KDE terminal emulator available on the desktop.
  • Okular – the PDF reader for Plasma Mobile. It’s a different application from Okular for Plasma Desktop.
  • Phone Book – stores your contacts phone numbers, emails, etc.
  • Settings – settings app for Plasma Mobile which is currently missing some categories (ex: battery).
  • Wave – the default music player which don’t have any sound right now.
  • Phone – the dialer app for calling numbers and contacts.
  • Angelfish – the default web browser which has support for tabs, history, bookmarks, etc.
  • Calindori – the default calendar app but I couldn’t figure out how to add events.