All of my important data is on btrfs drives. I intend to install my system on ZFS. Why, you may ask? Because I can. That’s the fun of Linux after all. I intend to mount btrfs drives as well. I hear that ZFS can break fairly easily? Is this a bad idea?

Edit: I understand ZFS is out of tree but CachyOS maintains their own package and dkms so it shouldn’t matter I would think?

  • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    It should be fine, but, why? ZFS isn’t a filesystem like btrfs, it’s a fully-integrated stack of filesystem, volume manager, and software RAID system. Using it on your OS drive is kind of like using a sword as a letter opener. Sure, it works, but that’s not what’s fun about it.

    • daggermoon@piefed.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’ve used btrfs for years. I kind of wanted to try using something different. I also want to learn more about ZFS.

      • SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zipEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Haha, so it turns out I was uninformed. Btrfs has all of that, too. TIL! Might as well use ZFS for the OS drive then in order to learn its commands.