elfahor to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWhat are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux?message-squaremessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1198file-text
arrow-up1198message-squareWhat are some things you wish you had known when switching to Linux?elfahor to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square181fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresupert@lemmy.sdfeu.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year ago tab completion in bash vim zfs git (though it didn’t exist then)
minus-squareargv_minus_one@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI wouldn’t use ZFS. Too risky. If a new kernel comes along and ZFS fails to build or something, my system will be unbootable. Btrfs scratches my copy-on-write/checksum/integrated RAID itch well enough anyway.
minus-squaresupert@lemmy.sdfeu.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNix and ubuntu have in kernel support. Void’s module build system also prevents this situation. I use nix and void, so have never faced this problem.
minus-squaresecret301@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’ve been fuckin with btrfs so far haven’t tried zfs yet. Anything cool compared to btrfs?
minus-squaredmrzl@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIn contrast to btrfs it doesn’t break your data. Everyone learns the hard way not to use btrfs…
minus-squaredroans@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoBtrfs was the best filesystem I had used up until it corrupted my data.
minus-squaresecret301@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot breaking your data, that is a pretty cool feature
minus-squaresupert@lemmy.sdfeu.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI gave up on btrfs when Icouldn’t recover from a full disk situation (years ago, may be better nwo). But zfs tooling is so good, reliable and intuitive, I’d not want to switch anyway.
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I wouldn’t use ZFS. Too risky. If a new kernel comes along and ZFS fails to build or something, my system will be unbootable.
Btrfs scratches my copy-on-write/checksum/integrated RAID itch well enough anyway.
Nix and ubuntu have in kernel support. Void’s module build system also prevents this situation. I use nix and void, so have never faced this problem.
I’ve been fuckin with btrfs so far haven’t tried zfs yet. Anything cool compared to btrfs?
In contrast to btrfs it doesn’t break your data. Everyone learns the hard way not to use btrfs…
Btrfs was the best filesystem I had used up until it corrupted my data.
Not breaking your data, that is a pretty cool feature
I gave up on btrfs when Icouldn’t recover from a full disk situation (years ago, may be better nwo). But zfs tooling is so good, reliable and intuitive, I’d not want to switch anyway.