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Remember: GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems can make files that are case-sensitive, Windows can't make files that are case-sensitive (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

The main problem with case-insensitive is that software sometimes is lazily developed: If a file is named “File.txt” and a program opens “file.txt”, then on a case-insensitive file system it will work fine. If you then format your drive to case-sensitive, the same software now fails to load the file. Source: tried case-sensitive filesystem on macOS some years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Its given me issues installing the Fallout 2 Restoration patch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Had this issue with Full Tilt! installer on Wine, fortunately the fix was easy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Vscode does not handle this well the one time I accidentally created 2 files with different cases. On one level it recognises them both as separate files, but other time thinks they're the same.