I wrote a short guide for installing Slackware64-current with @ and @home using the standard installer.

https://codeberg.org/r1w1s1/code-notes/raw/branch/master/notes/README_BTRFS.TXT
#slackware #btrfs

Hey @rl_dane, sorry I wasn't able to write every day, but I compiled a couple of topics I wanted to write about in this post

Some topics: #sport, #zettelkasten, #plaintext, #movies, #JurassicPark, #btrfs, and other things

#gratitude #blog #fediverse #blogging
https://lazybea.rs/gd6-18

@cwebber After more than a decade hanging around in the #btrfs IRC channel, I formulated Darkling's First Law: The user hates their data.

I'm in the process of converting an mdadm RAID10 to a btrfs RAID10 while preserving the data. My current strategy is:

· ✅ 1 of the 4 disks → btrfs
· ✅ enlarge that disk with another random btrfs disk
· ⏳ copy the 6TB borg repo from the remaining 3 mdadm disks to the new small btrfs pool
· ❓`borg check` the copied backup
· ❓ 3 mdadm disks → btrfs
· ❓ add all to btrfs pool
· ❓ let pool balance
· ❓ remove the random disk again

So far it's been going well 😅

#borgBackup #raid #btrfs #mdadm

Amazing was:

- Graphical installer can now format with #btrfs and set up full-disk encryption with #LUKS (it previously couldn't)

Very annoying roadblocks after installation were:

- git not preinstalled
- in #xfce there's no archive manager preinstalled to open zip files

#nixos

TIL: ""using #btrfs without an #initramfs is not recommended (if a new device is added to the rootfs, the system can no longer boot, as there is no way to register all devices)""

That quote is from https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/3e3164206d23ef991b9bd76dab6706238592cfb0.1789202516.git.wqu@suse.com/

Related quote: ""[...] mount will fail anyway. This can happen on systems without initramfs/initrd and root partition created with RAID1/10/5/6 profiles. […]"""

That one is from the Btrfs docs: https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/mkfs.btrfs.html#multiple-devices

#Linux #kernel #LinuxKernel

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Screenshot from the first linked page

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KDE neon Build 20260820 Released with Gear 26.08 and Plasma 6.7.4:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/kde-neon-build-20260820-released-with-gear-2608-and-plasma-674/

TheSSS 52.0 ships as an ultra-lightweight Linux server suite with OpenSSH 10.2 and kernel 6.18:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/thesss-520-ships-as-an-ultralightweight-linux-server-suite-with-openssh-102-and-kernel-618/

Btrfs Snapshot Integration in KDE:
https://bharadwajraju.com/posts/btrfs-snapshots-in-kde/

KDE Gear 26.08 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps:
https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-26-08-software-suite-is-out-with-many-improvements-for-kde-apps

KDE Plasma 6.8 Update: Faster Panel Auto-Hide, Multilingual System Settings Search, and KWin Stability Improvements:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/kde-plasma-68-update-faster-panel-autohide-multilingual-system-settings-search-and-kwin-stability-improvements/

GNOME 51 Hits String Freeze with Stable Release Set for September 16:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/gnome-51-hits-string-freeze-with-stable-release-set-for-september-16/

Tuba, the best Mastodon client for Linux, just got a BIG update:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/tuba-mastodon-quote-support-collections

Dynamic icons GNOME extension adds 2 new styles, Yaru fixes:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/dynamic-icons-gnome-extension-updated

Postcard is a new email client for GNOME, built with AI:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/postcard-gnome-email-client

COSMIC 1.6 Desktop Environment Released with More Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/cosmic-1-6-desktop-environment-released-with-more-improvements

PINE64 is Halting its Linux Hardware Line, and The AI Bubble is to Blame:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17423811/pine64-kills-off-linux-hardware

Framework Laptop 12 Updated For Intel Wildcat Lake, Shipping Starts In October:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Framework-Laptop-12-WCL

Wine 11.16 Ships with VA-API Hardware Video Decoding and Mono ARM64 Support:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/wine-1116-ships-with-vaapi-hardware-video-decoding-and-mono-arm64-support/

Wine Staging 11.16 lands with long-awaited AF_UNIX socket support and fresh shader tweaks:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/wine-staging-1116-adds-afunix-socket-support-and-shader-improvements/

Proton 11.0-2 Brings Support for AsteroidsHD, Portal Worlds, and Plain Sight:
https://9to5linux.com/proton-11-0-2-brings-support-for-asteroidshd-portal-worlds-and-plain-sight

Bottles 66.7 drops: IPv4 fallback, path fixes, and a Flatpak sandbox patch:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/bottles-667-ipv4-fix-and-flatpak-sandbox-patch-for-linux-gaming/

Bottles 66.8 Released: CUDA Support, UMU Shortcuts, and Wine Shutdown Fixes for Linux:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/bottles-668-released-cuda-support-umu-shortcuts-and-wine-shutdown-fixes-for-linux/

Goverlay 1.9.0 stabilizes nightly build, adds Russian translation and MangoHud config fixes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/goverlay-190-stable-release-adds-russian-i18n-and-mangohud-fixes/

(more Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #KDE #GNOME #KDENeon #COSMIC #PINE64 #FrameworkLaptop #Wine #Bottles #Goverlay #LinuxGaming #Btrfs #KDEPlasma #FosseryTech

TUXEDO OS auf Debian-Testing-Basis steht zum Test bereit
https://linuxnews.de/tuxedo-os-auf-debian-testing-basis-steht-zum-test-bereit/ #tuxedoos #continuiousdebian #debian #btrfs #snapshots #linux #linuxnews

Serie: #Arch - #bootbare #Btrfs #Snapshots mit #UKI und #Rollbackfunktion (Teil 3)

Eine Tutorialreihe zur Einrichtung einer Rollbackfunktion in Arch #Linux unter Nutzung von Unified Kernel Images und systemd-boot.

https://gnulinux.ch/serie-arch-bootbare-btrfs-snapshots-uki-teil-3

Serie: #Arch - #bootbare #Btrfs #Snapshots mit #UKI und #Rollbackfunktion (Teil 2)

Eine Tutorialreihe zur Einrichtung einer Rollbackfunktion in #Arch #Linux unter Nutzung von Unified Kernel Images und systemd-boot.

https://gnulinux.ch/serie-arch-bootbare-btrfs-snapshots-uki-teil-2

Serie: #Arch - #bootbare #Btrfs #Snapshots mit #UKI und #Rollbackfunktion (Teil 1)

Eine Tutorialreihe zur Einrichtung einer Rollbackfunktion in #Arch #Linux unter Nutzung von Unified #Kernel Images und #systemd-boot.

https://gnulinux.ch/serie-arch-bootbare-btrfs-snapshots-uki-teil-1

Serie: Arch - bootbare Btrfs Snapshots mit UKI und Rollbackfunktion (Einleitung)

Eine Tutorialreihe zur Einrichtung einer Rollbackfunktion in Arch Linux unter Nutzung von Unified Kernel Images und systemd-boot.

#Arch #UKI #Btrfs #Rollback #Tutorial #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/serie-arch-bootbare-btrfs-snapshots-uki-einleitung

It's been roughly a year since I switched three production servers to btrfs from zfs. No issues at all, less ram consumption, slightly quicker performance on backups, and no dkms rebuilding shyze when major upgrades come out. Pretty awesome. #btrfs #sysadmin #Linux #Debian #zfs

Fun fact.
Btrfs c'est bien, ça te fais gagner de la place (et pas qu'un peu)(et les Snapshot, mais pas encore testé).

Mais grub et os-prober, il aime pas.
C'est un comble quand même, ça fais des années que le format existe, et Grub ne sait même pas aller chercher dans des sous-volumes les kernel, initramfs et tout le toutim...

Faut faire à la mano, configurer une nouvelle entrée dans /etc/grub.d, pour qu'il veuille bien rajouter ton nouvel OS dans son menu...

J'ai mis une plombe à dépatouiller le truc.

(Appartement, Arch a os-prober-btrfs, mais pas Debian...)

#linux
#grub
#debian
#btrfs

for #selfhosting, it will be enough,i'm confident that my service can endure a powercut, so snapshot will be fine.

i haven't figured out how i will manage off-site backup, maybe export a tar from borg ? or rsync the repo even if it's not advised.