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The NTFS Linux kernel driver is the piece of code that allows Linux software to access NTFS Volumes.

For the status of the driver, check the status page.

For a preview of what is expected in the future, see the driver's RoadMap.

Note: The kernel driver is integrated in the Linux kernel. This is not the FUSE module (ntfsmount). It allows faster file access and is more stable, on the expense of less features. For more details see ntfsmount.

The NTFS kernel driver is continuously developed.

To get the latest version you could do one of the following:

• Get the bleeding-edge version from the development git repository. (not recommended)
• Get the would-be next stable version from the -mm kernel tree. (Very recommended for testers. Really not recommended for normal end-users)

Martin von Löwis created the original NTFS driver back in 1995. It was added to the Linux kernel in December 1997 (Linux 2.1.74). He has been helped by the following kind souls: Albert Cahalan, Anton Altaparmakov, Damon Casale, David Dillard, Domagoj Pensa, Joseph Malicki, Matthew Fanto, Olof Wolgast, Pawel Kot, Rani Assaf, Régis Duchesne, Richard Russon, Steve Dodd, Werner Seiler.

Starting around the year 2000, Anton Altaparmakov started the Linux-NTFS project on Sourceforge and created the NTFS library and initial user space utilities with help from Richard Russon, Matthew Fanto, Szabolcs Szakacsits, Lode Leroy, Yuval Fledel, and Yura Pakhuchiy.

In 2001, Anton started from scratch and created the new NTFS driver. It was added to the Linux kernel in April 2002 (2.5.11). He has been helped by Richard Russon and others.

Anton is still the lead developer and maintainer of the new NTFS driver, library and userspace utilities.

Pawel Kot, with help from Anton, backported the new NTFS driver to the 2.4.18 Linux kernel in May 2002. This backport is not maintained anymore.