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Is there a difference between a symbolic link via terminal or right-click make link?

Title says all. I'm wondering if there is a difference between going to a terminal and typing "ln -s path 'path" or just right clicking on something and selecting make link.
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Cannot transfer file due to “Filesystem does not support symbolic links” error

When I want to transfer files from my local hard drive to my thumbdrive, I keep getting this error: Filesystem does not support symbolic links. I don't know what this is, I need help with ...
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2answers
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/opt and /usr/local on the same partition but not under root

I am planning to install Ubuntu on a new laptop soon. I want to put /opt and /usr/local directories separately from the root and home partitions, but I don't need two partitions for them, just one. ...