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11 sats \ 4 replies \ @ama 17 Feb 2023 \ on: What is your favourite Linux distribution, and why? bitcoin

Devuan, of course, because it's one of the very few which gives me the freedom to choose the init system (not tied to the invasive systemd mega-virus) as well as to chose whether I want to use any non-free packages or to have a 100% opensource OS.

I'd rather use only BSD (OpenBSD, NetBSD, and FreeBSD and Haiku), of course, but I like btrfs too much to stop using Linux totally. I wish btrfs was ported to BSD and Haiku, and I'd say ta-ta to Linux in a heart beat.

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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ama 18 Feb 2023

Made a mistake! Haiku isn't a BSD system, but a BeOS open source replacement, although I believe it is POSIX at least to a certain degree. Sorry about that!

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @doubleplusgood23 19 Feb 2023

Have you considered FreeBSD with ZFS?

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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @ama 19 Feb 2023

Sure, I do use ZFS in FreeBSD and TrueNAS (and FreeNAS before, and NAS4Free), and I even tried it in Linux, but I don't like it as much as I like btrfs, so most of my servers, workstations, and laptops run Linux, and only a few run Open/Nez/FreeBSD or Haiku.

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @doubleplusgood23 19 Feb 2023

I’ve used btrfs many times and always had hiccups. The latest experiment has been using it on Fedora as /home, which has been good, but I’m essentially using it as ext4 2.0 - not exactly a stress test.

I’ve used ZFS extensively and while it can be less flexible IMO it’s a direct consequence of its superior design.

I’m sympathetic to Jim Salters article [0] on the topic even though I’m still rooting for a modern GPL filesystem. Maybe bcachefs [1] will end up taking the crown…

[0] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/examining-btrfs-linuxs-perpetually-half-finished-filesystem/amp/ [1] https://bcachefs.org/

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