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A distro relying on an out of tree filesystem as default sounds like a really bad idea to me. I didn't know Ubuntu shipped with ZFS in the default kernel.

Also luks and btrfs are good enough, and in-tree. They might not be as fancy as ZFS, but it's a better choice to use as default as they're standard and widespread.



Why is it a bad idea? ZFS sees tons of usage and gets shipped with multiple distros.

And I will simply never ever again use btrfs. Sorry, you can't claim to be stable and then lose my files to different times.

With ZFS I can use encrypted zfs send as a backup mechanism. Much preferable to alternatives.


You can choose the filesystem when you install. Generic install vs custom install.




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