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by zyx321 3333 days ago
Not quite. Windows uses a case insensitive API on top of a case sensitive file system.

FUN FACT: As of 2017, Windows 10 is (partially) binary-compatible to Ubuntu Linux. Any application that was originally compiled for Linux will still be case sensitive when running on Windows 10.

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Right. I forgot NTFS is in fact case sensitive. Thanks.