there are tricks to avoid needing distro support / kernel modules for ZFS: https://github.com/pirate/zfsbox
replyalso tricks to make it easy to convert a root FS to ZFS now that Ubuntu Server 24.04 added native root-on-zfs support: https://github.com/pirate/zfsify
I hadn't heard of zfsify, but I think I'll check it out on yet another old laptop running ext4.
replyFair, I still don’t use it on my main machine, just a shitty laptop that I keep around to play with.
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