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.
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
SDDM, KDE Plasma, root-on-OpenZFS – simple. On Linux.
Yes, I'll install the theme snaps.
Will I install zectl – a ZFS boot environment manager for Linux? Maybe …
<https://ramsdenj.com/posts/2020-03-18-zectl-zfs-boot-environment-manager-for-linux/> | <https://github.com/johnramsden/zectl>
#SDDM #KDE #Plasma #Debian #Linux #Ubuntu #zectl #ZFS #OpenZFS #Gnome #GDM
I’m happy to announce a new ZFS boot environment manager written completely from scratch in C - zectl. In 2018 I wrote zedenv, a ZFS Boot Environment manager, I’ve taken what I learned from zedenv and added improvements in workflow, performance and reliability. For a summary on what a boot environment manager is, and how it can be used see my previous post. Why the Rewrite Link to heading I had been having misgivings about writing my original implementation in Python. At the time of writing there was no libzfs library interface for python and I wrote my own “wrapper library” - pyzfscmds - that simply called out to the zfs binary. While the wrapper has worked, it meant a lot of extra work was done parsing string output from zfs subcommands. Directly using the libzfs library allows for more robust code, significantly better performance, and error handling. I was considering porting the python tool to use py-libzfs, or writing it in C when the tool bectl came out for FreeBSD. Seeing bectl’s impressive implementation I was inspired to do the rewrite in C.
@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 :-)
I’m happy to announce a new ZFS boot environment manager written completely from scratch in C - zectl. In 2018 I wrote zedenv, a ZFS Boot Environment manager, I’ve taken what I learned from zedenv and added improvements in workflow, performance and reliability. For a summary on what a boot environment manager is, and how it can be used see my previous post. Why the Rewrite Link to heading I had been having misgivings about writing my original implementation in Python. At the time of writing there was no libzfs library interface for python and I wrote my own “wrapper library” - pyzfscmds - that simply called out to the zfs binary. While the wrapper has worked, it meant a lot of extra work was done parsing string output from zfs subcommands. Directly using the libzfs library allows for more robust code, significantly better performance, and error handling. I was considering porting the python tool to use py-libzfs, or writing it in C when the tool bectl came out for FreeBSD. Seeing bectl’s impressive implementation I was inspired to do the rewrite in C.
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?
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
Graham Perrin
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