I'm running a Windows, Mac, Linux tripleboot off of a single SSD, and am now, unsurprisingly, in need of additional storage space in the form of an external hard drive. I want to format my hard drive so that files that can be read and written from all three operating systems.
According to this question/answer from 2009, NTFS can be used on Windows, Mac, and Linux, after installing some drivers.
However, it looks like the MacFuse project is no longer being actively developed, and NTFS-3G has now become a paid program, so NTFS is no longer a viable solution for Mac OSX.
So the question is, what is the best file system to use today for an external hard drive connected to Windows, Mac, and Linux?
I'm thinking exFAT, since Windows and Mac support it natively, and (Ubuntu) Linux supports it after running sudo apt-get install fuse-exfat.
Are there any limitations I need to consider?
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