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README: Add a note about compatibility with other operating systems
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If a game uses large files and in-place binary patching for updates, it might be worth adding to the exclusions list.
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### Compatibility with Other Operating Systems
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Compaction is only supported on Windows 10 - earlier versions of Windows will be unable to access compressed files, though the rest of the filesystem should remain fully accessible.
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Linux and other operating systems will experience similar issues if the NTFS driver they're using lacks support. As of time of writing, NTFS-3G has a [third-party plugin for the feature](https://github.com/ebiggers/ntfs-3g-system-compression).
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This is available on FreeBSD under [`sysutils/fusefs-ntfs-compression`](https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs-compression/), while users of lesser platforms may need to [manually install it](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NTFS-3G#Compressed_files) like savages.
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## Compression Results
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A totally-not-cherry-picked sample of compression results with the default settings:

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