For some time already it's been very secure against data loss if used in the same conditions as ext4 or xfs. Btrfs also supports several raid modes that the other two FSes don't, and for those I'm not sure what the status is currently.
I avoid btrfs because of read and write amplification, and because snapshot management in the distros I use is still inconvenient (and I don't even really need the snapshots)
This is exciting work! As a Fedora user knowing Fedora follows upstream pretty closely, I can expect a lot of what's happening in KDE Linux to show up on my laptop eventually. It seems like a great testbed, and I hope that the increased usage of Btrfs snapshots leads to some real usability improvements and maybe fixing some of the longstanding concerns people have with Btrfs. More eyes and all that.
Is it strange that a part of me hopes GNOME Linux and KDE Linux both grow beyond testing distros? I already use flatpaks for most of my applications, and my GNOME laptop is very GNOME while my KDE laptop is very KDE. I don't think my daily usage would look much different if I replaced Fedora with some future stable releases of their respective distros. I suppose a drawback would be increased division between the two camps, where with Debian or Fedora you can switch between the two at your discretion. Nevertheless, as an appliance OS I think it could be good.
e12e | 5 days ago
Is btrfs really stable enough to be listed under data safety? Is my scepticism outdated?
patryk | 5 days ago
Mirroring and striping is stable for quite long time already - raid56 isn't
more on btrfs stability: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Status.html
morj | 5 days ago
For some time already it's been very secure against data loss if used in the same conditions as ext4 or xfs. Btrfs also supports several raid modes that the other two FSes don't, and for those I'm not sure what the status is currently.
I avoid btrfs because of read and write amplification, and because snapshot management in the distros I use is still inconvenient (and I don't even really need the snapshots)
gnafuthegreat | 6 days ago
This is exciting work! As a Fedora user knowing Fedora follows upstream pretty closely, I can expect a lot of what's happening in KDE Linux to show up on my laptop eventually. It seems like a great testbed, and I hope that the increased usage of Btrfs snapshots leads to some real usability improvements and maybe fixing some of the longstanding concerns people have with Btrfs. More eyes and all that.
Is it strange that a part of me hopes GNOME Linux and KDE Linux both grow beyond testing distros? I already use flatpaks for most of my applications, and my GNOME laptop is very GNOME while my KDE laptop is very KDE. I don't think my daily usage would look much different if I replaced Fedora with some future stable releases of their respective distros. I suppose a drawback would be increased division between the two camps, where with Debian or Fedora you can switch between the two at your discretion. Nevertheless, as an appliance OS I think it could be good.