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0 pointsshrubble1y ago0 comments

"One of the reasons Linux persists despite not having something up to the level of ZFS is that most of ZFS features are redundant to larger enterprise customers."

ZFS is used heavily on Linux and runs well, though there are some limitations which are being addressed over time in the OpenZFS project. It is used across all areas that Linux serves, whether laptop, desktop, home server all the way to enterprise. https://openzfs.org/wiki/Main_Page

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jsiepkes1y ago

ZFS on Linux is not really usable for most users because every kernel update can break your ZFS compatibility.

Meaning unless you want to put in the time to manually test every kernel update and ensure your kernel version stays in-sync with OpenZFS you can very likely end up with an unbootable system.

aljarry1y ago

Ubuntu supports ZFS, so if you can track Ubuntu's kernel, you get ZFS without risking unbootable system.

binkHN1y ago

This is one of the main reasons Void Linux is "stuck" on kernel 6.6.

lproven1y ago

You mean apart from 6.6 being the current latest longterm kernel?

https://kernel.org/

E39M5S621y ago

The 'linux' package on Void is just a meta package. Install whatever kernel series you want. I'm running 6.10.11, with ZFS 2.2.6 on my Void workstation.

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