Hey, this is just a quick post asking for help. I just did a fresh install of Manjaro Linux, ran sudo pacman -Syu, and set everything up. However, I am duel booting windows. I am trying to mount my windows partition to linux, but I am unsure if there are any downsides to doing that. If I do mount i…

to cut to the chase, there is nothing you should worry about. i’m assuming you mount NTFS(windows default filesystem) as and when you need. if so simply use dolphin side bar shortcuts to your windows partitions, it will auto mount it for you. lots of people do it regularly with hardly any issues. un…

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