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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • Right, the flexibility angle makes sense if using a typical root fs like Ext4 with or without LVM. That’s a reason I’ve always kept the OS separate. But with ZFS there’s unlimited flexibility. Separate datasets or volumes within the same storage pool are trivial. I could do root on ZFS on separate SSDs and get those benefits but it’s more complicated that slapping it all in a single pool. Then maybe use the SSDs for cache. :D














  • That’s the issue. It’s why I’ve learned that when I can afford it and I reasonably believe this firm or project should exist, and it has a decent chance not to fall flat, I end up buying in. It’s literally upfront investment in the thing. I’m still salty for not backing the Ubuntu Phone back in 2012 or so. I looked at it as another phone compared to what’s available on the market and how the price stacks up for the features. That’s very much the wrong way to do it. A part of the value it provides is the existence of the project and the labour dedicated to it. In the case of the new Pebble, I’m backing it despite Eric, and because it’s fully open source and that’s something I want to exist. A fully open alternative in the sea of proprietary wearable crap.