Thunderbird share account/profile mounted on NTFS volume with Linux and Win10 ?
I recently installed Linux Mint on a separate SSD on my Win10 PC and have now a dual boot environment.
Linux can access (r/w) all windows drives.
It should be possible via TB profile manager to access the TB profile on the windows partition.
My question: Are there any known incompatibilities between TB on Linux and Windows ? I don't want to end up having problems with the Windows installation of TB when trying to set this up.
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I have not shared a single profile in a dual-boot setup, but I did boot into linux and copied the windows profile into the .thunderbird folder with no problems. There should be no difficulties, since Thunderbird does not use Windows registry.
I am hesitant because I had some troubles in the past when copying TB profiles from Win10 to macOS. As it was only a copy no big deal but when this happens on the main TB profile that would be rather time consuming to fix ...
FrankBKK said
Are there any known incompatibilities between TB on Linux and Windows ?
There are still hard-coded paths in the preferences and settings, so ye there are issues with sharing a single profile.
I don't want to end up having problems with the Windows installation of TB when trying to set this up.
I would think you will have issues with both Linux and Windows in this scenario. I do not recommend it unless you like chasing odd quirks.
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