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month = "January 2022"
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This month, ...

### [`ntfs`](https://github.com/ColinFinck/ntfs)

<span class="gray">(Section written by [@ColinFinck](https://github.com/ColinFinck))</span>

Colin Finck released an initial version of his [ntfs](https://github.com/ColinFinck/ntfs) crate this month, a Rust library to access Microsoft's proprietary NTFS filesystem.

For those of you who are not running Windows:
NTFS is the primary filesystem in Windows, from Windows NT's release in 1993 up to the current Windows 11.
Unlike FAT32, NTFS has no practical limits for file and partition sizes, comes with B-Tree Indexes for faster lookups, and adds a few resilience and efficiency features (such as journaling, compression, and sparse files).

The ntfs crate supports Rust's no_std environment and is therefore not tied to a specific platform API.
It aims to be embeddable in firmware-level code and kernels just as well as in user-mode applications.

Colin Finck will [talk about NTFS](https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/misc_ntfs_rust/) and his adventures in writing a filesystem crate in Rust on the upcoming FOSDEM conference.
The talk is on Saturday, 5 February at 17:00 (CET, UTC+1).
The conference is virtual and admission is free.

## Join Us?

Are you interested in Rust-based operating system development? Our `rust-osdev` organization is always open to new members and new projects. Just let us know if you want to join! A good way for getting in touch is our [gitter channel](https://gitter.im/rust-osdev/Lobby).
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