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You can also disable case sensivity in bash
this seems like a recipe for disaster
Since Linux 5.2, you can disable case sensitivity on the filesystem level on ext4 (called case folding).
I wonder how many things subtly break when you enable that option.
Is this a competition for worst idea to solve the problem? :)
Is there also an option to only have 8.3 filenames? Those long names are so tiresome.
How to shoot yourself in the foot in one simple step
This is default in SteamOS.
Honest question: is case sensitivity that important? Are there files named settings.ini and Settings.ini, for example, in the same folder that do different things?