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Re:Deep Diving into the Strengths of FreeBSD by tutfbhuf on Friday May 07, 2021 @05:35AM (#27074055)
True, but Linux is also a first-class citizen in the OpenZFS project. The argument that was made earlier is that FreeBSD is so nice, because of its superior ZFS integration. This has been true for a long time and as such I agree with OP.

However, since the ZFS code basis is now the same for Linux and FreeBSD (which I also agree is a good thing) I don't think we will have the same superior FreeBSD ZFS argument anymore. And people who are in favor of FreeBSD over Linux have to provide other pro arguments than ZFS in order to make a case for FreeBSD.

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Re:Deep Diving into the Strengths of FreeBSD by allanjude on Friday May 07, 2021 @09:44AM (#27075751)
Sure, the ZFS features are the same, but the integration is still not all there on Linux, and is on FreeBSD.

FreeBSD has features like 'bootonce', to switch ZFS boot environments on the next boot only. Better integration with the boot loader, more boot environment tooling, and other things that can only come when the filesystem is part of the OS.

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Re:Deep Diving into the Strengths of FreeBSD by tutfbhuf on Friday May 07, 2021 @11:22AM (#27076897)
I agree there are still some FreeBSD only features for ZFS, but the gap is getting smaller and smaller. So unless you are really depended on some of those features, there is no particular reason of why to prefer FreeBSD over Linux, unlike a few years ago.
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