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zfsbootmenu
ZFS Bootloader for root-on-ZFS systems with support for snapshots and native full disk encryption
ZFSBootMenu provides boot environments for Linux. The now defunct Project Trident, formerly PC-BSD and then TrueOS, had a gui installer that sets you up with
- ZFS on root install of essentially void Linux
- rEFInd with a kernel sufficient just to boot into
- ZFSBootMenu which lets you boot into a prior boot environment
- ZFS native encryption of /home per user directory set up to unlock when you log in via PAM and zfscrypt
- An update script that automatically creates a boot environment prior to updating
- A mediocre choice of display manager and their own customer desktop environment that was neither in my opinion terrible nor interesting.
Trident is alas gone but all the pieces remain and work fine.
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I have to plugin void linux, a nice little distro that tries to mimick some of BSD philosophy (I believe w.r.t. simplicity and security). It's working very well here (it's somewhat analogous to Arch, meant for advanced users -- that said, following the manual it shouldn't be too difficult to get going).
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I gave FreeBSD a try:
I provided a workaround for a problem with freebsd-update, summary and tool can found here: https://github.com/tux2bsd/freebsd-update-probe
FreeBSD separation of OS vs other applications is great.
FreeBSD pioneered ZFS integration but are coasting on that success.
The FreeBSD forums, linked from the FreeBSD website are insular. FreeBSD zealots LARPing as the true "true" BSD / Unix enthusiasts.
If you want to try FreeBSD just use the Handbook. The FreeBSD community is childish and won't list that FreeBSD can run on KVM (the mere fact it can, I'm not talking in depth instructions).
