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I switched to Kubuntu with root-on-ZFS:

― https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1lr4ayi/switched/

FreeBSD is not entirely abandoned:

― https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1lr4ayi/comment/n1cnfy2/?context=1

Pinned (seeking guidance):

― https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/114640816892663471

#FreeBSD #Linux #KDE #Plasma #OpenZFS #ZFS #bemgr #zectl #ZFSBootMenu

@paul @linus @stefano @whynothugo I chose Ubuntu (for KDE Plasma) because the installer provides root-on-ZFS.

With that base, I have not yet figured out which of these will be the simplest way forward:

― bemgr
― zectl
― ZFSBootMenu.

<https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/a65f5d819a6a8c54aff6079f63db33f6#user-content-management-of-zfs-boot-environments>

I see verbose guides, the verbosity creates a sense of complication.

I'd like the simplest possible guide to getting started, with any of the three options, where the boot environment layout/structure is predetermined by the installer for Ubuntu.

TIA

#rootonzfs #Linux #OpenZFS #ZFS #bemgr #zectl #ZFSBootMenu

@ahoyboyhoy @andreasgoebel in addition to ZFSBootMenu …

I'm looking at zectl, <https://ramsdenj.com/posts/2020-03-18-zectl-zfs-boot-environment-manager-for-linux/>

― zectl ZFS Boot Environment Manager for Linux · John Ramsden

Back to Manjaro. Reading <https://github.com/calamares/calamares/issues/533#issuecomment-971746992> (2021) alongside <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamares_(software)>, I wonder why ZFS on root is not an option.

<https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/01/linux_rollback_options/> @lproven mentions licencing …

― Linux updates with an undo function? Some distros have that • The Register

Maybe I'll never need to undo :-)

#zectl #ZFSBootMenu #ZFS #OpenZFS #Manjaro #Linux

For a switch away from everyday use of FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT with KDE Plasma and ZFS boot environments:

― which of these two Linux distros might be best for me?

<https://manjaro.org/>

<https://sparkylinux.org/>

Emphases: easy installation, non-complicated upgrades, GUI.

Root on ZFS, and ZFS boot environments, will be nice, but not essential. If not easily achievable now, I can switch more than once:

– first to Linux, then from one distro to another.

Whatever Linux distros I use: I'll continue with Plasma.

I began toying with SparkyLinux in February 2024. Prior experience with Manjaro was excellent.

#zectl #ZFSBootMenu #OpenZFS #Linux #Manjaro #SparkyLinux #KDE #Plasma #FreeBSD