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