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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by ThatPlayer on Thursday January 01, 2026 @07:40PM (#46459998)
Did you ever get those local SSDs as copy-on-write overlays on Linux? I imagine it'd be easier with btrfs support for seeding device: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Seeding-device.html
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Re:Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC,... by kentonv on Thursday January 01, 2026 @07:55PM (#46460110)
Yes, on Linux I was able to move the copy-on-write overlays to use local disks, which is one reason it performs much better (admittedly not a reason that would affect most people).

I am just using dm-snapshot for this -- block device level, no fancy filesystems.

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