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Note: I'm not asking how... I know that. I'm currently using Paragon Software's drivers which let you access all drive formats from all OSes (e.g. the Linux drive from OSX or the OSX drive from Win7, etc.) I'm specifically asking which is the best and why?
For instance, I want to share a data partition for documents, music and even my Dropbox account between all three OSes and I've done that between Win7 and OSX by throwing it on a NTFS partition. Just wondering now that Linux too is in the mix, if its better to set up HFS+ or linux format instead?
I'd love to share a user directory between all three, but I'm pretty sure permissions will make that impossible. However, I'm not sure.
Again, to be clear though since I'ts brought up so much below, I am not asking for compatibility with the OSes as far as access is concerned. I have Paragon's drivers for all OSes to read and write to all formats. Again, it's a question of which format is best, and why.
1Dropbox syncs files, not file systems, so the format of your partition doesn't matter. – jdigital – 2012-03-07T23:02:42.657
1It absolutely does for file sizes, permissions and extended properties. Read their FAQ. – Mark A. Donohoe – 2012-03-07T23:05:33.820
1File sizes, permissions, and extended attributes can be stored in any filesystem (directly or indirectly). In any case, I took a look at the Dropbox help site and can't find any reference to file systems or formats, so can you provide a link? – jdigital – 2012-03-08T00:27:29.743
Dupe: http://superuser.com/questions/45130/cross-platform-file-system
– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2014-03-21T14:09:14.970