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Bcachefs may be headed out of the kernel

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zahlman ◴[04 Jul 25 22:02 UTC] No.44468213[source]▶
Does the filesystem actually need to be part of the kernel project to work? I can see where you'd need that for the root filesystem, but even then, couldn't one migrate an existing installation to a new partition with a different filesystem?
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1. samus ◴[05 Jul 25 08:21 UTC] No.44471033[source]▶
I think using an experimental file system is actually perfectly fine for the root partition, as long as it doesn't include `/home` and you keep a USB stick in your drawer so you can reinstall whenever it loses data.

I'd be highly conservative about using it for my home directory though. Or at least make a subfolder where all my really important files (legal documents, master thesis, etc.) go and mount that on another partition that uses a more conservative filesystem.