I think the problem with btrfs is that it entered the spotlight way to early. With Wayland there was time to work on a lot of the kinks before everyone started seriously switching.

On btrfs a bunch of people switched blindly and then lost data. This caused many to have a bad impression of btrfs. These days it is significantly better but because there was so much fear there is less attention paid to it and it is less widely used.

  • Ketata Mohamed@mastodon.tn
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    1 month ago

    @lancalot I understand the list I provided is not necessarily complete, because Void & Solus are also independent, however, for them to be “main”, they should have “derivatives”, I don’t claim that I have a big Linux experience, but I tried & documented myself about the distros on the list, & can confirm that they are “main”, I also tried Nix OS, the use of 1 config file is refreshing, however that ease comes at the cost of some flexibility, installing Steam there is too complicated for me

    • lancalotEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      however, for them to be “main”, they should have “derivatives”,

      Got you. Aight. I suppose that does disqualify NixOS. Though, to be fair, Guix System is heavily inspired from NixOS.

      I also tried Nix OS, the use of 1 config file is refreshing, however that ease comes at the cost of some flexibility, installing Steam there is too complicated for me

      Hehe 😜. Yeah, the paradigm shift associated with NixOS isn’t one that’s overcome in one sitting. But it’s cool to hear that you’ve tested it for yourself.

      Anyhow, this was a cool interaction. Thank you for offering your insights! Wish you, my akhi in (at least) humanity, a lovely day!