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  1. sippingabonedry · · focus · HN ↗
    So two filesystems that are essentially shunned from the Linux kernel and permanent second-class citizens, and one that was removed from Red Hat and has a questionable history of reliability. Oh boy which do I choose?

    I'm saying ZFS on another OS.

    1. em-bee · · focus · HN ↗
      no thanks to red hat. i switched to debian for servers. fedora fortunately still supports btrfs.

      zfs is shunned. can't really get around that copyright issue. bcachefs just hit a setback, which i am hopeful will eventually be resolved.

      1. rdtsc · · focus · HN ↗
        > zfs is shunned. can't really get around that copyright issue

        Well except for Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux distros supporting it.

        1. ghaff · · focus · HN ↗
          There's also not a lot of money in Canonical for someone (Oracle) to sue for. Red Hat (now IBM/Red Hat) and I guess even SUSE is a different equation. Red Hat just wouldn't touch ZFS because of licensing.
          1. rdtsc · · focus · HN ↗
            Nevertheless, Ubuntu is one the most popular linux distributions. So “can’t be done” is obviously not true since it has been done.

            One can say it is “dangerous” and they haven’t been sued “yet” but the deed is done already.

            1. ghaff · · focus · HN ↗
              So use Ubuntu. Why do you care if other distros consider it too risky given different business positions/models?
              1. rdtsc · · focus · HN ↗
                > So use Ubuntu.

                I am using Ubuntu!

                > Why do you care if other distros consider it too risky given different business positions/models?

                I don't know. Why do people comment on HN? :shrug:? It's fun and interesting to have a conversion?

                I was mainly responding to a GP post that said "zfs is shunned. can't really get around that copyright issue". It didn't have a subject in there. As in "I can't really get around" or "anyone can't get around". And I read it as the second version and pointed that at least one distro did get around it.

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