I've been using Arch for a few months now, which is my first Linux distribution, and I decided to go with Btrfs as my file system because I've heard great things about it. I'm curious to know what specific features or benefits I can take advantage of with Btrfs that really make it stand out. Any tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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One of the best things about Btrfs is that you can use subvolumes instead of traditional partitions, which makes managing your system super flexible. Plus, you get near-instant snapshots, so backing up is a breeze! It even integrates with pacman, allowing you to create snapshots before or after installing packages. If something goes wrong, you can boot into a previous snapshot too, which is really handy!
Wow, I had no idea about the pacman integration! That could save me so much hassle. Thanks for the heads up!