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I was wondering if anyone here has attempted the new "COW filesystem for Linux that won't eat your data".

It's supposedly has been stable since the start of 2023. I'm willing to give it a try on Arch, but before I do, I'd like to hear if anyone has faced any issues with it.

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[โ€“] DeprecatedCompatV2@programming.dev 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I recall snapshots not being quite as cheap as on ZFS.

[โ€“] technom@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Is there an article I can refer to? This isn't an easy topic to search for.