Comment by mtillman 3 months ago For those looking for a Linux that works like BSD, https://voidlinux.org/. 13 comments mtillman Reply cbsks 3 months ago Also see https://www.gentoo.org/ resonious 3 months ago Or a linux that actually uses the BSD coreutils https://chimera-linux.org/. gigatexal 3 months ago Does it make ZFS on root stupid easy and has ZFS boot environments? kennysoona 3 months ago Alpine does. Just boot from the extended ISO and modprobe zfs and install zfs tools. gf000 3 months ago The normal, systemd NixOS does actually make it "stupid easy". It will fetch the latest kernel that is compatible with ZFS and has single-line config options for auto-snapshots, and the like. gigatexal 3 months ago Did not know this. Very cool. Does it also make it easy to replace grub with zfsboot environments? 2 replies → ssl-3 3 months ago Nope.Void generally plays well with ZFS, including kernel updates, but installing on ZFS root is very much a DIY process. nucleogenesis 3 months ago Is the XBPS thing kinda like BSD ports? ssl-3 3 months ago Not really, no. It's just binary package system, ala apt or apk or whatever. Piraty 3 months ago kinda. https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/ kennysoona 3 months ago Better yet just use Alpine IMO.
gigatexal 3 months ago Does it make ZFS on root stupid easy and has ZFS boot environments? kennysoona 3 months ago Alpine does. Just boot from the extended ISO and modprobe zfs and install zfs tools. gf000 3 months ago The normal, systemd NixOS does actually make it "stupid easy". It will fetch the latest kernel that is compatible with ZFS and has single-line config options for auto-snapshots, and the like. gigatexal 3 months ago Did not know this. Very cool. Does it also make it easy to replace grub with zfsboot environments? 2 replies → ssl-3 3 months ago Nope.Void generally plays well with ZFS, including kernel updates, but installing on ZFS root is very much a DIY process.
kennysoona 3 months ago Alpine does. Just boot from the extended ISO and modprobe zfs and install zfs tools.
gf000 3 months ago The normal, systemd NixOS does actually make it "stupid easy". It will fetch the latest kernel that is compatible with ZFS and has single-line config options for auto-snapshots, and the like. gigatexal 3 months ago Did not know this. Very cool. Does it also make it easy to replace grub with zfsboot environments? 2 replies →
gigatexal 3 months ago Did not know this. Very cool. Does it also make it easy to replace grub with zfsboot environments? 2 replies →
ssl-3 3 months ago Nope.Void generally plays well with ZFS, including kernel updates, but installing on ZFS root is very much a DIY process.
nucleogenesis 3 months ago Is the XBPS thing kinda like BSD ports? ssl-3 3 months ago Not really, no. It's just binary package system, ala apt or apk or whatever. Piraty 3 months ago kinda. https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/
Also see https://www.gentoo.org/
Or a linux that actually uses the BSD coreutils https://chimera-linux.org/.
Does it make ZFS on root stupid easy and has ZFS boot environments?
Alpine does. Just boot from the extended ISO and modprobe zfs and install zfs tools.
The normal, systemd NixOS does actually make it "stupid easy". It will fetch the latest kernel that is compatible with ZFS and has single-line config options for auto-snapshots, and the like.
Did not know this. Very cool. Does it also make it easy to replace grub with zfsboot environments?
2 replies →
Nope.
Void generally plays well with ZFS, including kernel updates, but installing on ZFS root is very much a DIY process.
Is the XBPS thing kinda like BSD ports?
Not really, no. It's just binary package system, ala apt or apk or whatever.
kinda. https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/
Better yet just use Alpine IMO.