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From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <lists@×××××.at>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 13:04:05
Message-Id: 53760CAF.4080704@xunil.at
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems by Neil Bothwick
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4 Am 16.05.2014 14:43, schrieb Neil Bothwick:
5 > On Fri, 16 May 2014 14:35:08 +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
6 >
7 >> zfs on linux ... it works fine for me on one server, but I never
8 >> really wanted it on my main machines (desktop and laptops)
9 >> although I once even wrote some "how to use zfs on your fully
10 >> encrypted laptop" for a magazine. It always feels like
11 >> "suboptimal because it is not in the kernel" to me (think
12 >> licensing issues here).
13 >
14 > That's why I'm looking at btrfs. ZFS is great, it does all I want
15 > it to. But it is not in the kernel, which is not a major issue.
16 > More important is that it is based on an old version of ZFS, later
17 > versions are still closed source. That's a shame, because they
18 > support neat things like encryption (yet another separate layer got
19 > rid of) and it means ZFS on Linux can't really go anywhere beyond
20 > bug fixes and minor tweaks.
21
22 Yes, this way one gets stuck somehow with ZFSonLinux.
23
24 btrfs also does not yet support encryption ... I assume that will come
25 over the time, I don't know if this is still correct:
26
27 https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Project_ideas#Encryption
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29 But the features available already are great ...
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31 https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page#Features
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33 ;-)
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Re: [gentoo-user] boot problems Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>